Fond Of Printing

New York: The Typophiles, 1980. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. ALSO INSCRIBED BY ABE LERNER, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER, at the colophon. A pristine copy to boot of the 1980 1st edition, limited to 500 copies for The Typophiles. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 12mo, Typophile Chap Book 54. Signed… Read more about this item

London: Hurtwood Publications, 1980. A fine copy, the glassine with a few insignificant chips. 8vo (7.25 x 4.75 inches). 91 pages. Red cloth; original glassine; slipcase. Limited edition, one of 125 copies with two unique woodcuts by Gordon Craig signed on the colophon by the author, from an edition of 1350.

New York: The Typophiles, 1980. 500 copies printed. Hardcover. Fine. Typophile Chapbook 54. Signed by author on a front page. Illus. Quarter burgundy cloth with grey paper boards. Foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. Quarter bound in purple cloth and orange paper over boards, with design on upper board and gilt lettering on spine; dust jacket is plain glassine which is tanned and has edge wear. With a foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general. 90 pages. … Read more about this item

New York: The Typophiles, 1980. Quarter red cloth over grey boards, gilt title, (7.25 x 5 inches). Limited First Edition, one of 500 copies printed for The Typophiles as Chap Book No. 54. 89, [1] pages; illustrated. Book design by Abe Lerner. Forward by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig. Provenance: owner's stamp of… Read more about this item

London: Hurtwood Publications, 1980. Edition limited to 400 copies, this one of 125 "special copies" signed by the author and with 2 large historiated initials tipped in; 12mo, pp. 89, [3]; 15 illustrations (3 double page after photographs) and facsimiles in tex; fine in original red cloth-backed paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine, glassine wrapper, original slipcase. Signed by the author… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. First Edition. Cloth-backed Bds. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo. 89 pp., illus. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general. One of 450 copies made for the Book Club of California. Publication Number 164 designed by Abe Lerner. Loosely inserted is a prospectus for the… Read more about this item

The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Maroon quarter-cloth with gold spine titling with light edgewear, light fading to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Textblock edges foxed. Small bookplate at front paste down, scarring from sticker removal at top of FFEP, sparse foxing to endsheets. Pages else clean, text unmarked.

1980. FRANKLIN, Colin. Fond of Printing: Gordon Craig as Typographer & Illustrator. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on Illustrations in General. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, unprinted glassine dust jacket. New York: The Typophiles, 1980. One of 500 copies. Fine.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1980. Bound in 1/2 gilt titled cloth and imprinted paper covered boards, 12mo. One of 450 copies. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, etc. A Very Fine copy.

Typophiles. Used - Very Good. 1980. Typophiles. Cloth, 12mo, 89 pp, illustrated. From a limited run of 500 copies. Light shelf wear to boards, previous owner's insignia on ffep. Tight bindig, clean pages. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books.)

New York: The Typophiles. Fine. 1980. Hardcover. Limited edition of 500 done for Typophiles 86pp, illustrated, red cloth spine, green paper covered boards with vingret by Abe Lerner. Typophile chap book 54. Bookplate of Ruari McLean; Small octavo .