Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Supper [Calligraphy; Book Arts] by Howell, Mary Wherrette - 1961

Cloth cover with imprint of author on front. Silver on spine. The book is in good condition, pages are crisp and clean with a binding that is tight. There is a ding on the top spine but the photos will show it is in lovely shape with some sun fading. Bargain priced without the dust jacket. Please view photos for quality views.
"From the dust jacket: Paul Rand's stature as one of the world's leading graphic designers is uncontestable. For half a century his pioneering work in the field of advertising design and typography has exerted a profound influence on the design profession; he almost single-handedly transformed "commercial art" from a practice that catered to the lowest common denominator of taste to one that could assert its place among the fine arts. Among the numerous clients for whom he has been a consultant and/or designer are the American Broadcasting Company, IBM Corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
In this witty and instructive book, Paul Rand speaks on the process and… Read More

Basel, Switzerland:: Studio for Design,, 2015.. Standard Edition of 187 copies. 3.25 x 4.75"; 10 pages. Leporello structure. Hand composed and handprinted in four colors: black, red, blue, and yellow. Striped paper band closure. Numbered. Text in German and English.. Romano Hänni, information booklet: "Work on this folding book (leporello), began in September 2014, was interrupted by commissioned work , and lasted until April 2015. Folding book means that the pages at the front and at the binding are only folded. After removing the book jacket the twelve pages of the content can be folded into one strip... "Preparation of the printing form. Handcomposing with lead type, synthetic type, brass lines and geometrical signs. Every printing form is composed with single pieces. "Print: Letterpress, hand proofing press, four-color."Standard edition (187 copies). Numbers 1 to 50 in slipcase together with the unikat edition. Numbers 51 to 187 as single books… Read More

London: Pelican Press, 1923. Sunning to spine. The written word and the printed word. Some tests for type. Concerning Printers' flowers. The pioneer work of the Pelican press. The points of a well made book. A glossary of printers terms. Type Specimens. A display of borders and intials.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Longmans & Co, 1898. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 3/8" × 5 3/4" (21.3 × 14.6 cm) . First Printing. Printed by Chiswick Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and black titles to cover. Printed on fine, hand-made, heavy paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 25, [iv] pp. Part of a William Morris series comprising five octavo books printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris for his Kelmscott Press, 1898–1901. Lecture I: "Birmingham School of Art," delivered before the Birmingham Municipal School of Art. on Feb. 21, 1894.As Walter Crane wrote of Morris's far-reaching aesthetic philosophy, "if it has not turned all British craftsmen into artists or all British artists into craftsmen, it has done not little to expand and socialize the idea of art, and (perhaps it is not too much to say) has made the tasteful English house with its furniture and decorations a model for the… Read More

NY: J. M. Bowles and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cloth eroded.. 1912. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies. A republication of an article by Currier which originally appeared in the August 1910 edition of The Graphic Arts magazine. Printed by Norman T. A. Munder and Company of Baltimore. Inscribed by Munder on the title page "To some good friend of Mr. John Hoyle". Brown cloth spine. Printed paper-covered boards. Printed on cream-colored laid paper. Currier Press printer's mark and initial T on page three drawn by Frederic W. Goudy and printed in orange ink. "...The choicest type face in the world may have its beauty or its legibility nullified by bad spacing. The tools are not superior to the workman." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 19 pages .

New York: The Press of the Woolly Whale, 1933.. Quarter cloth and boards, printed label. Fine in slightly worn glassine dust jacket. First edition. One of two hundred numbered copies printed on Arnold handmade paper for private distribution, with an extra page of supplementary information, in addition to 450 copies printed for members of the AIGA. LAWSON & PANKOW 24.

Syracuse, NY: School of Journalism, Syracuse University, 1936. Tiny tear at bottom edge of front wrapper, Else Fine. "An Address at the New York Press Association Dinner, Sept. 12, MCMXXXVI(1936), with a Foreword by Howard Coggeshall and a Presentation by M. Lyle Spencer, dean of the School of Journalism." Laid in is a single page, 6 1/8" x 9 3/8", titled "A Goudy Keepsake" printed by Howard Coggeshall and describing this book, which sheet is also Fine. One of an edition of 1,000 unnumbered copies printed for distribution by the school. Scarce with the Coggeshall sheet laid in.. Limited First Edition. Handmade Paper Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

Utica, NY: Howard Coggeshall Near Fine, small chip bottom corner rear wrapper. No Date (circa 1942). One of an unnumbered edition of 407 copies. " Faithfully reprinted as it appears in The Book of Knowledge "Wisdom of the Ancients, writtenby Erra Pater, a Jew, Doctor in Astronomy and Physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea, made English by W. Lilly, Student in Physic and Astrology". " 12 pages in cream wrappers, measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Scarce.. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition.

No Place: Harry J. Owens for The Caxton Club, 1953. One of 350 unnumbered copies printed for The Caxton Club, layout by Victor Hammer, presswork by Jacob Hammer and binding by Elizabeth Kner. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges, white splotch seen in picture rear cover a flaw in the hand-made paper. Top edge gilt. A lovely example of fine printing. . Limited Edition. Handmade Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo. Privately Printed.

Liberty, WI: Heavy Duty Press, 2022. sewn stiff paper wrappers, cloth string bag. Heavy Duty Press. 11 x 7 cm. sewn stiff paper wrappers, cloth string bag. 28 pages. Limited to 88 numbered copies signed and numbered by the printer. A fine copy. From the printer: Eight quotations from eight tea bags amidst eighty Bags set in eighty fonts, annotated for reference in the forthcoming title, JUST MY TYPE: SPECIMENS from The Type Store at Der Klubhaus. The hand set type is primarily genuine ATF Century Expanded, Oldstyle, and Schoolbook, but also includes every last font of the type inventory held by The Heavy Duty Press as of January 2022. Printed silently with Spiffy the Vandercook SP 15 on Kitakata paper and bound by hand with a pamphlet stitch, tucked into Bugra covers, and slipped into muslin tea bags screen printed by The Factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.