Atlas Of Typeforms

NY: Chartwell Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 123pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Chartwell Books:, 1986. 125 pages, illustrated in b&w. "When this book was first published in 1968, the typesetting and printing revolution was just about to begin. The authors here trace and and lavishly illustrate the history of the development of typeform, starting with the Roman and medieval letterforms and scripts which were the starting points for the alphabet designs… Read more about this item

Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1988. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp - probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A record of 5 centuries of… Read more about this item

[Secaucus, N. J.]: Chartwell Books, Inc, 1988. Folio, pp. 116, [8]; illustrated throughout with types, letter forms, books, from antiquity to modern times; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker.

London : Lund Humphries, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Original decorated blue boards, a lot of examples, folio.

London: Lund Humphries, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Blue cloth printed in navy blue and white, tall folio, 116, (6) pages, fold-out leaves. Examples of type specimens, many enlarged, with photos of the actual use of the types. This copy presented by John (Ryder) to Anthony (Mackay Miller) in 1988. A very near fine copy with… Read more about this item

Wordsworth Editions, London 1988. 42.0 x 26.0cms, 120pp, b/w illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper The chapters are: Roman inscriptional lettering; scripts; Johann Gutenberg; gothic & roman; Venetian; old face Italian; old face French; old face Dutch; early transitional; transitional; late transitional; modern; display; fat face; Egyptian; Clarendon; decorative display; Williamm Morris; 20th century roman; grotesque; index of typefaces;… Read more about this item