Geoffrey Dowding (43 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.42.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Illustrations within the text. Blue cloth, gilt. Spine somewhat faded. Ex-library copy.

Small 8vo, 131pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy with faded spine. No dust jacket.

London, Edit. Hartley&Marcs, 1995. 89p. 8º mayor. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Book in English. Diseño. Diseño gráfico. Tipografía.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large 8vo. xxiv + 277 pages including index. An outstanding book containing no fewer than 117 good black and white illustrations. Unfortunately the title page has been removed. In original handsome black buckram gilt hard back binding. Very Good+ in Near Very Good original attractive pictorial dust wrapper which is a little rubbed a top and bottom of spine and corners. Bears a small dealer label at foot of spine. A very substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xiv, 80 pages, a near fine hardback in a very good dust-jacket. Appears unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Fine copy.Dustwrapper complete though edge worn. 'Withdrawn' on Llyfrygell Gregynog Library plate to front pastedown. Withdrawn duplicate copy.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Nos 1-4 of the original 10 sheets published 1956-7 : (1) Word-spacing; (2) Determining the measure, ((3) Leading, (4) Word-division; Very good, (some folds) Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiv, 131. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Primers for students of typography; no. 2. Slight fading at spine, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. 1957 Wace UK 2nd Edition, VG/NO DJ, missing dustjacket, light green boards have sunning on spine- lettering there still ledgible, covers have mild soiling, firm corners & sound binding, name on endpaper is only marking found.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth gilt, small 8vo., xiv, 131, (1) pages, illustrated. Primers for Students of Typography 2. A very good copy with mild cover wear and fading.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 90 pages. Revised edition published by Hartley & Marks of this very useful and informative book that was long out of print. Near Fine in wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Larger format trade softcover clean tight and unmarked FINE as New condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Light age and reading wear. 132 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Printing; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 56219.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book.

3rd edition. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Physical description; xiv, 79 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-75) and index. Contents; The setting of text matter -- The spacing between words -- The determination of the measure -- Leading -- Principles into practice -- The setting of displayed matter -- Letter-spacing -- Word-spacing -- Leading -- Other factors affecting displayed settings -- The preparation of the ms for the printer. Subjects; Typesetting. Composition (Industries graphiques). composition (printing preparation). 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover book no dust jacket. Light wear to book cover and book edges.

3rd edition. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Physical description; xiv, 79 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-75) and index. Contents; The setting of text matter -- The spacing between words -- The determination of the measure -- Leading -- Principles into practice -- The setting of displayed matter -- Letter-spacing -- Word-spacing -- Leading -- Other factors affecting displayed settings -- The preparation of the ms for the printer. Subjects; Typesetting. Composition (Industries graphiques). composition (printing preparation). 1 Kg.

cloth. small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 131 pages. The second book by the author on this subject. This title is compliments his FINER POINTS IN THE SPACING AND ARRANGEMENT OF TYPE. Spine faded. Bookplate on front pastedown. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 6¼''. Contains [xiv] 80 printed pages of text. Small bookplate and serial number to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little rubbing to the edges and corners, not price clipped 35/-, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOOKS (Binding, Collecting, Printing, Paper).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B&w illustrations (illustrator). Third Edition. xiv, [80]pp [scttered light-pencil markings, marginalia; rubbing and light chipping and edge wear to dust jacket] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Black cloth gilt, DW, 8vo., xiv, 79, (1) pages, illustrated. Third edition. Small owner's stamp. A fine copy in an edgeworn DW, in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Previous owner name on endpaper. otherwise book is very nice, clean and sharp, with a tight binding and clean pages. Dust jacket has some chipping and wear to corners, some rubbing to edges, some edgewear, light overall rubbing. still a somewhat presentable jacket now protected in an archival cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Landscape sm. folio, 37 x 24 cm. Approx. 450 cards printed one side only. Including 'Monotype' and a wide range of (mostly display) foundry types presented in complete standard founts. Sold as found as a working collection: the set of cards covering the range of available sizes of a particular design may not always be complete. Some cards a little worn. Housed in two drop-back boxes. Unpacked weight 7.4 kg. These type specimens were standard references for British typographers for a generation from about 1955. These appear to be the original design, which was updated in the late 1960s. Almost all of the classic 'Monotype' faces are here, together with a wealth of material from foundries including ATF, Amsterdam Typefounders, Bauer, Berthold, Ludwig & Mayer, Nebiolo, Stempel, Stevens, Shanks and Stephenson Blake.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Attractively printed in colours on good quality paper; some wear to edges of semi-stiff folder (which came with the last number). A very good copy. Ten sheets from Wace Written and arranged by Geoffrey Dowding in the interests of fine typography. (1) Word-spacing; (2) Determining the measure, ((3) Leading, (4) Word-division; (5) Setting marks of punctuation; (6) Setting text with n uneven right-hand edge; (7) Symmetry and assymetry; (8) Unplanned or planned? (9) Mixing type faces; (10) A Miscellany. SCARCE. Only one copy listed on COPAC.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition (1961). Only Book 3 included. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and some residue from removed stickers and labels. Dust jacket has a mylar plastic cover which shows some scuffing and light edge wear. Dust jacket itself shows some light discoloration from age as well as some scuffing, rubbing and edge wear including some bumping and rubbing. Book itself also shows some edge wear and rubbing and pages are browned from age and show some small brownish marks on page edges.