Typographic Variations Designed by Zapf Hermann: Signed (5 results)
More imagesPublished by Museum Books, New York, 1964
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket. not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies for the American market signed by Zapf. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in…black with some part printed in an alternative color. Jacket has a faint stain along top of front cover. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Museum Books, New York, NY, 1964
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller4to. quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket. Not paginated. With Prefaces written by Paul Standard, New York, G. K. Schauer, Frankfurt, and Charles Peignot, Paris, together with commentary notes and specifications. Limited to 500 numbered copies produced by this American publisher, and sig…ned by Zapf on the colophon page. Jacket chipped with tears along top edge, else a very good copy. Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color, with many being tipped-in. Hermann Zapf was an award-winning typographer and book designer known for his clean techniques. quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Museum Books, 1964
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Bendowa Books, Holyoke, MA, U.S.A.Bendowa Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 225.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 8.5 x 12 inches. Preface by Paul Standard. Published in an edition of 500 by Museum books for the American market. This copy is hand numbered 66 and signed by Zapf. Binding in half vellum spine, with paper covered boards. Printed on hah…nemuhle paper. An extraordinary book set and printed in various typefaces from the Stempel Foundry in Germany (many of which were designed by Zapf). This book is impeccably printed, and a valuable resource for any typographer or letterpress printer. There is a key at the back of the book which lists typefaces used in each example. A very valuable type specimen reference as well. Near Fine in solid binding. Dust jacket shows a few small closed tears along edges, and one minor small faint stain to to cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesTypographic Variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages
Zapf, Hermann; Paul Standard, G.K. Schauer. and Charles Peignot, prefaces
Published by Museum Books, New York, 1964
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 250.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 254 of 500 copies and signed by Hermann Zapf on the colophon. This is an interesting and informative work on typography and title page design. There are 78 book and title pages, some bound in and others inserted. In his preface, Paul Standard of New York wrote: The typographer's… true task is to bring to each book the grace, distinction and convenience proper to its content; and to make the title and every other part mutually reflect each other." A description of each of the title pages is included following the samples of typographic design. Bound is grayish green paper covers with a vellum spine with gilt titling. Ownership signature of Bernard Klem in ink to free front endpaper. Short closed tear to bottom of title page, else in near fine condition with light sunning to covers. No slipcase. Measures 8.5 x 12 inches. Unpaginated. PRINTARTS/100324. Signed.
Published by Georg Kurt Schauer, Frankfurt, 1963
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 560.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. One of 500 copies printed. Author's signed presentation on front fly leaf. Bound in quarter white vellum with spine stamped in gilt and charcoal cloth boards. Signed.
