Author

Oliver, McLean, Mansell, Horn.

Publisher

The Studio Publications London & New York, 1954

Description

Used. First edition. Hardcover. Red linen, 144 pages. Spine has a torn bit. No dust jacket. With many reproductions, some on photographic paper, illustrations and lettering by (amongst others) Zapf, Ogg, Salden, Tisdall, Krijger, Wolpe, Käch, Caflisch, Kurpershoek, Stone. Essays by Ruari McLean, others. A pleasing copy for the practitioners desk.

Dimensions

207 by 290 mm, 723 gr.

Author

Jan van Krimpen

Publisher

Department of Printing And Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library. David E. Godine, Boston., 1972

Description

Used. First edition, Facsimile reproduction. Hardcover. Red cover, cream spine. 101 pages. Dust jacket with small tear and some spots. Inside it is pristine. Van Kimrpen's own Handwriting is reproduced in a fetching blue. Preface by John Dreyfuss. Printed in The Netherlands.

Dimensions

175 by 256 mm, 403 gr.

Order Code

2024-vankrimpen-01

Author

LinoType Hell

Publisher

Linotype Hell AG., 1993

Description

Paperback. 146 + 44 pages. Some pages have come loose, but is complete. This is a booklet with two front covers. One side features the Linotype Library, while the other side features the PostScript Typefaces by Elsner+Flake Design Studios. The booklet accompanied the Linotype Library CD-ROM (not included). inside cover has a sticker of the Van Beek Art Supplies, Amsterdam, and a handwritten dedication Voor Albert, voor in moeilijke uurtjes. Unlocked items on CD-ROM 3/93: PMN Caecilia 76 bold italic. This booklet, while perhaps not the first reference book you'd pick from the shelf for research, marks a very specific moment in type history. Fonts were distributed on CD-ROM, in encrypted form. Anyone interested in buying a license would then call a phone number and talk to a sales person. An unlock code was sent after payment. Such a complicated method of distribution! Right before the web changed it all. This book also marks the independent existence of the Elsner+Flake and Linotype companies.

Dimensions

105 by 210 mm, 206 gr.

Order Code

2024-linotype-01

Author

Rem Koolhaas

Publisher

010 Publishers, 1994

Description

Paperback, the new edition from 1994, so not the 1978 hardcover. Good condition. Koolhaas declares his love for New York. Many illustrations and various essays on the urban history of the city. Designed by Nigel Smith.

Dimensions

185 by 238 by 19mm, 863 gr.

Order Code

2024-newyork-01

Author

James Sutton and Alan Bartram

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions, 1988

Description

Black linen hardcover with dust jacket. 120 pages. Second edition. Good condition. some tape residue on the cover. Authors note: This book contains many examples of type specimens which have been deliberately enlarged. These are intended to facilitate the study and comparison of their shapes and principal features. The Atlas includes type from many different foundries. Such as there are: ATF, Lettergieterij Amstrerdam, Bauersche Giesserei, Berthold, Deberny Peignot, Joh. Enschedé, Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei, Harris Intertype, Linotype, London Transport, Ludlow, Monotype, Ludwig & Mayer, Mergenthaler Linotype, Società Nebiolo, Fonderie Olive, Stempel, Stephenson Blake, Weber. Almost all of these are gone, we must not forget all this existed. Despite the slightly cheesy dustjacket, the selection of faces and black and white reproductions of books at full size are very useful to student and practitioner alike. A large book that needs a place to lie down somewhere.

Dimensions

260 by 358 by 16mm, 1250 gr.

Author

Lupton, Strauss, Kinross, Deere, De Kuyper

Publisher

The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, The Cooper Union and Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1992

Description

Paperback, very good condition. Introduction by Ellen Lupton. Articles by Monica Strauss, William Deere, Robin Kinross, Daan de Kuyper and a Selection of Recent Work. Examples of the graphic design styles of the early nineties. Kinross digs quite deep with an analysis of Dutch typedesign after Gerrit Noordzij. A spare copy. Text set in Scala by Martin Majoor. I shows a rare Scala drawing with Ikarus markings. I think there was an event in New York and an exhibition I had to skip due to the flu.

Dimensions

210 by 274 by 6mm, 302 gr.

Author

Cees de Jong, Alston Purvis, Friedrich Friedl

Publisher

VK Projects, Laren, The Netherlands, 2005

Description

Bright blue hardcover with dust jacket. Good condition. 400 pages. Contains showings of typefaces by Berlow, Unger, Zapf, Van Blokland, Van Rossum. Porchez, Meier, Ahrens, Pace, Tilp, Kobayashi, Plass, Weltin, Brentzel, Bell, Licko, Leonardi, Ganz, Hoefer, Noordij, Spiekermann, Brody, Frutiger, Stone, Holmes & Bigelow, Lange, Renner, Morison, Bodoni Baskerville, Caslon, Garamond. Intoduction by De Jong. Article by Purvis named 20th Century Expressive Letterforms. The book is a time capsule of what the authors found interesting at the time, or indeed what they had on their shelf. It is quite an eclectic selection with some representation of the younger generation, but then also some really old ones. Beowolf is in there, which was then 15 years old so it could not be novelty. It is not quite clear what the criteria were. So maybe not so useful as a scholarly reference. But indeed still a colorful and at times entertaining book with some surprising illustrations made (in some cases) by the type designers themselves. Printed with the paper grain in the wrong direction. Quite a hefty book.

Dimensions

180 by 253 by 37mm, 1476 gr.

Order Code

2024-dejong-01