LOT #92556 |
Sold on Oct 18, 2008 for: Not Sold
Lot of Four Typography Books.... (Total: 4 Items)
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Description
Lot of Four Typography Books.Including: Stanley Morison and Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book, 1450-1935. A Study of Fine Typography Through Five Centuries Exhibited in Upwards of Three Hundred and Fifty Title and Text Pages Drawn from Presses Working in the European Tradition. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1963. First edition. Large quarto. Fore-edge foxed; otherwise fine in dust jacket and sunned slipcase. [and:] Designs & Typography for Cover Paper. Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company, [1924]. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. A catalogue of sorts with examples of paper stock and typography, with colored paper "swatches" affixed to inside back cover. Ironically, the paper in this volume is foxed and, in places, toned; much offsetting present. Overall, a very good copy of an interesting and uncommon design book. [and:] Modern Book Production. London: The Studio Ltd., 1928. Printed at the Curwen Press. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. Quarter vellum and printed paper. A world survey of the best in commercial and private press design and production; illustrated with color and black and white images and several full-color tipped-in plates. Very good. [and:] William Dana Orcutt and Edward E. Bartlett. The Manual of Linotype Typography, Prepared to Aid Users and Producers of Printing in Securing Greater Unity and Real Beauty in the Printed Page. Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1923]. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. Profusely illustrated. Very good in original kraft dust wrapper.
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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