Zapf Hermann, Signed (32 results)

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small 12mo. Unpaginated [62]. White card wrappers with attached blue paper jacket with small paper spine label. Very light signs of handling, small scuff to spine. Faint foxing to text block top edge, light bumping to bottom edge wraps. Otherwise fine. Exhibition postcard from American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York laid in, with what appear to be wine stains from a lively art opening. Signed on front flyleaf in blue ballpoint by Hermann Zapf, and below in brown ink by his wife Gudrun Zapf [Von-Hesse], also a calligrapher and typographer as well as a bookbinder. Introduction by Noel Martin. Colophon states: Set in Linotype Optima and printed at the printing office of the Stempel foundry in Frankfurt am Main. The offset reproductions were printed by K.G. Lohse in Frankfurt am Main.

12mo., 40pp.; VG; spine blue cloth with gilt lettering; mild shelfwear; text block clean; Inscribed by Hermann Zapf the calligrapher as a gift on the half-title page; text in German. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. 1272855. FP New Rockville Stock.

Condition: Fine. - Cream-colored book label, approximately 2 inches high by 3 inches wide, with a decorative green border and "Ex Libris Fridolf Johnson" printed in green along the bottom edge. Signed "Hermann Zapf / 1968" in blue ink. Near fine. Hermann Zapf was a German type designer and calligrapher. Typefaces he designed include Palatina, Optima and Zapfino.

Okart. 28 x 22 cm. Condition: Sehr gut. Vol. 38 No. 2 & Vol.37 No.1 - 2016. 72 S. m. zahlr. Abb. -Zap2- Text englisch. Beiliegend: Blockletter Alphabet copyright Julian Waters 2016, von Julian Waters mit Bleistift signiert. Aus der Bibliothek von Hermann Zapf und Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. [Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, geborene von Hesse (* 2. Januar 1918 in Schwerin; 13. Dezember 2019 in Darmstadt), war eine international bekannte deutsche Typografin und Buchbinderin. Von 1951 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahre 2015 war sie mit Hermann Zapf verheiratet. Hermann Zapf (* 8. November 1918 in Nürnberg; 4. Juni 2015 in Darmstadt) war ein deutscher Typograf, der als Designer für Buch- und Schriftgrafik vor allem als Schriftdesigner und Kalligraf tätig war. Insgesamt entwarf Zapf in seinem Berufsleben über 200 Druckschriften. (Wikipedia, Abruf am 9.2.2026)] Ich versende mit der Deutschen Post (Büchersendung) und der DHL (Pakete). Die Lieferzeit ist abhängig von der Versandart und beträgt innerhalb Deutschlands 3-5 Tage, in der EU 5 - 14 Tage. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by Hermann Zapf on dedication page at end of the book. Fine condition, clean, unmarked and tightly bound. The dust jacket has a tiny stain to spine and slight edge wear, otherwise fine. International shipping may require added postage charges. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2000 Grolier Club hard cover - signed with small inscriptions by both Zapf and Kelly on last page - slightest overall wear - otherwise a fine copy now in mylar cover - enjoy. Signed.

4to. X, 215 S. OLn. Mit handschriftlichen, signierten Widmungen mehrerer Autoren für eine Mitarbeiterin auf fliegendem Vorsatz: von Ekkehart Vesper, Hans Wurzler, Kurt Wolfgang Drozd, Wieland Schmidt u.a. Einband leicht fleckig, sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: deutsch.

Condition: Sehr gut. 94 S. m. zahlr. Abb. der Schriftypen und Arbeiten von Zapf. / Kassette mit 4 S. Text und 20 Bl. aus Pressendrucken 1949 bis 1984. -Zap2- Text englisch. Kassette für Hermann Zapf mit Textblatt signiert von Hermann Zapf und Judi M. Conant, das 1 Bl. ebenfalls signiert von Hermann Zapf. Aus der Bibliothek von Hermann Zapf und Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. [Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, geborene von Hesse (* 2. Januar 1918 in Schwerin; 13. Dezember 2019 in Darmstadt), war eine international bekannte deutsche Typografin und Buchbinderin. Von 1951 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahre 2015 war sie mit Hermann Zapf verheiratet. Hermann Zapf (* 8. November 1918 in Nürnberg; 4. Juni 2015 in Darmstadt) war ein deutscher Typograf, der als Designer für Buch- und Schriftgrafik vor allem als Schriftdesigner und Kalligraf tätig war. Insgesamt entwarf Zapf in seinem Berufsleben über 200 Druckschriften. (Wikipedia, Abruf am 9.2.2026)] ISBN 0910672369 Ich versende mit der Deutschen Post (Büchersendung) und der DHL (Pakete). Die Lieferzeit ist abhängig von der Versandart und beträgt innerhalb Deutschlands 3-5 Tage, in der EU 5 - 14 Tage. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 Illustr. blauer O-Leineneinband 29 x 21 cm, Kassette blauer O-Leineneinband. O-Schuber mit marmor. Überzugspapier. O-Schuber 30 x 21,5 cm. Auflage 1050 Ex. / Kassette 20 Ex. gebunden von Judith Conant signiert von Zapf und Conant.

4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket, slipcase. Not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Zapf. Spine of the dust jacket with a hint of fading, very minor uneven fading to the slipcase, else fine in fine dust jacket. 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. A Century for the Century 66. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket, slipcase.

4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips. Not paginated. Limited to 500 numbered copies 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. Very small spot on front board. Lacking dust jacket and slipcase. A Century for the Century 66. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slim 4to. Privately printed by Hermann Zapf. 1/50 bound in half-vellum. Inscribed presentation copy. Vellum spine and paper boards with cover label. Presentation copy. Fine. Zweiter Privatdruck von Hermann Zapf. Copy no. 7 of a one-time edition of 180 copies, printed in black with marginalia in red by the Schriftgiesserei Stempel AG. The edition was bound by Gudrun von Hesse. The first fifty were bound in half-vellum (as here), the remainder in gray wrappers. Signed lithograph by Cefischer (Carl Ernst Fischer), drawn by mouth as the artist lost his arms in a World War II bombing raid. Inscribed by Zapf on the front free endpaper to the American book and type designer Thomas Maitland Cleland. The two-line inscription is written in red ink in tiny, neat lettering. Cleland's small bookplate on the front pastedown. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover, slipcase. Zapf, Hermann (illustrator). 4.5 x 7 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 112 pages. Foreword by Robert Bringhurst. Deluxe edition signed by the author and limited to 75 copies. Includes four type specimens in a paper folder and a slipcase for the book and specimen folder. Typophiles Chapbook, New Series, 3. "Letterforms are things that nearly all of us in the Western world have learned to take for granted. We treat them much like door knobs, water taps, thermostats, and hinges. We evidently think (in defiance of all logic) that what we read or write matters far more than how it's read or written, and that letterforms are just a way to get there, as a door knob is a way to open a door," writes Robert Bringhurst in the Foreword to About More Alphabets. This book hopes to bring attention to a neglected topic by focusing on the letterforms of Hermann Zapf. From metal type to digital characters, Hermann Zapf has composed exceptional type designs for seventy years. He can be considered one of the most important calligraphers of all time, as well as a most notable book designer and typographer. His typefaces are among the most beautiful and familiar in the world. This book, a companion volume to the Typophile Chapbook About Alphabets (1960, updated 1970), describes Zapf's post-1970 type designs and provides new research on many of the earlier types. In this volume, typographer and calligrapher Jerry Kelly describes the origins and history of numerous Hermann Zapf typefaces including Marconi, ITC Zapf International, Linotype Zapfino, and Zapf Civilité. Kelly also includes new information on the Palatino nova and Optima nova families. This new Typophiles Chapbook is profusely illustrated with type specimens and drawings, many of which have never before been reproduced. Illustrations include drawings by Zapf, comparisons of various types, early sketches, typefaces never issued, and a twenty-eight page image section of type specimens. Other types described include Hallmark Textura, AMS Euler fraktur bold, Zapf Renaissance italic swash, Medici script, Aurelia, AMS Euler, Zapf Renaissance, ITC Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Civilité. Robert Bringhurst calls Zapf one of history's greatest two-dimensional architects. He says, "Hermann Zapf has made letters so subtle, so lovely they bring tears to knowledgeable eyes. And there are very few people who know Zapf's work as well as Jerry Kelly. Read him and weep.".

4to. 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.

First Edition, 1987. 256 pages. Book measures 8.25 x 12 inches. Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy: Selected Articles and Lectures on Calligraphy and Contemporary Developments in Type Design, With Illustrations and Bibliographical Notes, and a Complete List of His Typefaces. Introduction by Carl Zahn. The most complete monograph available on the work of Hermann Zapf. Fully illustrated throughout with color and black and white plates of examples of Zapf's drawings, type designs, book designs and related ephemera. A Beautifully printed volume in West Germany, set in Zapf's Optima. This copy is INSCRIBED by Zapf to his colleague, the esteemed typographer and designer Max Caflisch. Also laid in is a bookmark measuring 2.125" x 10.625" containing a printed calligraphic design by Zapf, with an additional inscription to Caflisch. Book is in Fine condition in square tight binding. Dust Jacket shows light wear to edges of top spine, and minimal traces of edge wear. Fine / Very Good+.

4to. 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 signed 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.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Text printed mostly in blue and black with many reproductions of typefaces (Optima, Melior, Palatino, etc) and other designs in black and white and colours. Blue card covers decorated with an alphabet in black and white. A very good to fine copy. Loosely inserted a quotation from T.J. Cobden-Sanderson reproducedfrom calligraphy by Hermann Zapf and signed by him in pencil. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 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 hahnemuhle 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).

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Oblong octavo. xi, 19 plates, 6pp. A testament not only to Zapf's design legacy but also his skillful pedagogy, with a range of styles exemplified by his RIT students. Bound in quarter vellum with blue paper over boards. Fine. One of 325 copies. Signed by the editor, David Pankow, and by Steven Galbraith, curator of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, who penned the Foreword.

4to. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket. Not paginated. Limited to 500 copies of which this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by Hermann Zapf of the edition printed for the author. This copy is a presentation copy for Franz C. Hess. Lacking the slipcase, else fine in fine jacket. The theme of the book design was set and printed by the printing-office of the Stempel Foundry, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) under the supervision of Leonhard Keller and Arthur Wetzig. Printed on Hahnemühle paper. Binding executed by Willy Pingel in Heidelberg. 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. Back cover is faded along the top of the boards. parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket.

8° Halbleder. Condition: Sehr gut. Halbledereinband mit Rückengoldprägung, 24 x 31 cm (Querformat), nur sehr geringe Gebrauchsspuren, einliegend ein loses Blatt mit einem Alphabet und einigen Zitaten, in Blei signiert von Hermann Zapf. Der Band selbst wurde im Privatdruck in der Hausdruckerei der Schriftgießerei Stempel in Frankfurt am Main auf Fabriano-Bütten gedruckt. Dargestellt werden Typen, die Zapf von 1939 bis 1941 entworfen hat, zudem entsprechende Anwendungsbeispiele. Zapf war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Typografen und Kalligrafen, noch heute bekannt und benutzt wird beispielsweise seine Zapf Dingbats. Stichworte: Hermann Zapf, Typografie, Schriftsatz, Buchdruck, signiertes Buch, limitierte Auflage ca. 70 S., unpaginiert Deutsch 510g.

Hardcover. 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.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Rapp, Hermann (signiert / inscribed copy) (illustrator). Erste Ausgabe. 17 Blatt. Großformatige Orig.-Broschur mit offenliegender Kordelbindung in Klappmappe. "Gesetzt aus Hermann Zapfs Optima und gedruckt in 15 Exemplaren auf chinesisches Kalligraphiepapier, japanisches Farbpapier und Loktapapier mit vier graphischen Einschüben von Hermann Rapp." Unser Exemplar ohne Numerierung und von Hermann Rapp im Impressum eigenhändig signiert. Die neun weißen Textblätter jeweils mit kleinem Wasserfleck im oberen Blattrand, sonst jedoch schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit allenfalls leichten Gebrauchsspuren. - Bei weitergehendem Interesse am Werk Hermann Rapps (1937-2015) beachten Sie bitte, daß wir eine Reihe seiner Handpressendrucke in Klein- und Kleinstauflagen anbieten. Signatur des Illustrators.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

1 Doppelblatt (= 4 Seiten), 21 x 14,5 cm, mittig gefalzt. Eigenhändiger Brief des Typografen, Grafikers und Buchgestalters Hans-Joachim Walch (1927-1991) an den Typographen Hermann Zapf (1918-2015). Der Brief datiert vom 23. Dezember 1957. Thema u.a. das Büchermachen und eine geplante Ausstellung von Walch ("Eigentlich ist ja dieses Büchermachen, wenn man es als Lebensaufgabe betreibt, das persönliche Ziel. Da es aber zur Alltagsarbeit wird, sucht sich wohl jeder noch etwas für den Sonntag"). - Beiliegend: "Ein glückliches und gesundes neues Jahr 1958 wünschen Ursula und Hans-Joachim Walch" (dreifarbige gedruckte Grußkarte, 28 x 10,5 cm quer). - Minimal gebräunt; gute Exemplare.

Hamburg, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1988. 32,5 : 23 cm. 355,(3) S. mit zahlr. teils farb. Abb. Orig.-Leinen mit grauen Bütten-Vorsätzen, Blind- und Goldpr. in Schuber. Neuwertiges Exemplar mit einigen handschriftlichen Korrekturen und Signatur des Autors. Sprache: de.

4°. Porträt, 254 S., 1 nn. Bl., mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag, (Ecken etwas gestaucht, Umschlag minimal unfrisch). Erste Ausgabe. - Mit einer 5-zeiligen Widmung Hermann Zapfs auf dem Vortitel. Impressum signiert. - Interessante Übersicht über das Schaffen des bedeutendsten deutschen Typografen Hermann Zapf (1918-2015), der bis 1986 175 verschiedene Schriften schuf. - Sehr gutes Exemplar.

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Original cloth, as new in dust jacket with original price on front flap. Signed presentation copy from Doyald Young: "To.for the love of letters, with affection, Doyald 12/99." With a long one page type-written from Doyald Young, signed by him. Laid in is a referral letter and a review in a copy of Critique: The Magazine of Graphic Design. A beautiful copy. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Original drawing with the initials R.G. for the designer Raymond Gid . Signed and dated. Repaired tear without loss.Hermann Zapf (pronounced "tsáff," born November 8, 1918) was a German typeface designer who lived in Darmstadt, Germany and was married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.Zapf's work, which includes Palatino (1948, named after 16th century Italian writing master Giambattista Palatino) and Optima (1952, a flared sans-serif, released by Stempel in 1958. Zapf disliked its name, which was invented by Stempel's marketers), has been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be Monotype's Book Antiqua, which shipped with Microsoft Office and was widely considered a "knockoff" of Palatino. In 1993, Zapf resigned from ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorized copying by prominent ATypI members.In 1935, Zapf attended an exhibition in Nuremberg in honor of the late typographer Rudolf Koch. This exhibition gave him his first interest in lettering. Zapf bought two books there, using them to teach himself calligraphy. He also studied examples of calligraphy in the Nuremberg city library. In 1938, Zapf designed his first printed typeface for D. Stempel AG and Linotype GmbH of Frankfurt, a fraktur type called Gilgengart.In 1976, the Rochester Institute of Technology offered Zapf a professorship in typographic computer programming, the first of its kind in the world. He taught there from 1977 to 1987, flying between Darmstadt and Rochester. There he developed his ideas on digital typography further, with the help of his connections in companies such as IBM and Xerox, and his discussions with the computer specialists at RIT. Zapf used his experience to begin development of a typesetting program called the "hz-program", which Adobe Systems acquired and later incorporated in their InDesign program.Expertise by: Dominique COURVOISIER,Expert de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Membre du Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en ?uvres d'art5, rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris.Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques by Clouzot (1955). But a meeting with Guy Levis Mano (editions GLM), editor and typographer, soon directed Gid towards the book. In 1935, he publishes, together with the photographer Pierre Jahan Devot Christ de Perpignan and Chats, Chiens by Ylla. It is an intensive period of his life period: he meets Dufy, Corbusier, Hake, Lurcat and receives the gold medal for a poster at the International exhibition of Paris (1937). He reacts to the Civil War in Spain with a poster " Help to the civil populations ". Together With Father Carre, « bete-a-bon-Dieu » of the Resistance, Raymond Gid began to design liturgical texts. Apocalypse Six (an extract of the biblical text of Saint John) appeard after the war. It is one of his major works, composed in the Peignot typeface, which was designed by Cassandre in 1937. He designs several post-war period posters, for example Week of absent, a simple Lorraine cross surrounded by barbed wire on a dark background. Right from the beginning of the symposiums in Lure (Provence) in 1954, Raymond Gid participates in discussions on typography, particularly with Maximilen Vox, Charles Peignot, Roger Excoffon. Raymond Gid puts on page and illustrates the Dialogues of the Carmelite nuns by Bernanos (1954), then some pages in Caractere Noel 1955, dedicated to his friend Jan van Krimpen, the creator of dutch type faces. He plays with the breathing of the text, in the manner of Mallarme, as in his Book of hours (1959) or his Apocalypse (1964), adapting medieval text to present day tastes. He also designs posters like those for the Club Mediterranee (1961), Bally (1976) or, heavier fare, like that of Amnesty International (1973). During his whole life, Raymond Gid remained attached to the typographical arts. He liked to try out new characters in his compositions, mixing them with his very free drawings, as for example in Messidor published by the Imprimerie nationale (1989). Jean-Francois Porchez, type designer; translated from french by Babelfish and cleaned up a bit. Links Art and Poster Bally posters Chicago Center for the Print Bally posters Poster Auctions International, New York Catalogue from the personal exhibition at the Bibliotheque Forney, Paris, in 1992.

20cm x 12cm. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Aufl. 67 S. + 103 S. + 132 S. + 124 S. + 105 S. GLn m. farb. ill. OU, dieser mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren, auf Titelei von Lettau signiert, insgesamt sehr gutes Ex. Unzugeordnet Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.