Hans Schmoller Ed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 84, [8] pp., illustrated, 8vo, dark blue cloth, paper title label, dustjacket. A book of remembrances by colleagues and others relating to German calligrapher and type and book designer Jan Tschichold, who had passed away two years earlier. Issued by the Munich Typographic Society. A rear pocket holds three color facsimiles of some of his writings. A fine copy of the book in a very good dustjacket (some wear and a short closed tear).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Card covers are clean, corners minimally bumped and creased; binding is tight; pages are unmarked aside from the editor's ink dedication and signature on verso of front cover. Two signed photocopied articles by Gerald Cinamon also laid in - 'Life as a Penguin' & 'A Chapter of Accidents'. ; 8.25 x 0.25 x 11.75 inches; 64 pages; Signed by Editor.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A beautiful limited edition catalogue and history of the Officina Bodoni, illustrated throughout and in the publisher's original slip case. A Limited Edition work, one of 1,500 copies printed.The first edition of this informative study on the Officina Bodoni private press and its founder, Giovanni Mardersteig, in the publisher's original slip case.With instructions on how the press made their works, and a catalogue of books created by the Officina Bodoni. Illustrated throughout, this is a fascinating study of the works produced by the Officina Bodoni between 1923 to 1977.Edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, a German and British graphic designer who worked as Head of Typography of Penguin Books between 1949 and 1976. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with paper covered slip case. Externally, excellent. Light edge wear to slip case. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Natural cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in dark red panel on spine; slipcase; 4to; pp. lix, [1], [286], illustrated in b/w and color. One of 500 copies of the American edition, distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop. With the prospectus laid-in. Spine tips bumped, otherwise fine, in worn slipcase. Explores the making of books, the complete works of Gabriele d'Annunzio, type-faces, and devices. Indexed by title, author, illustrator, type designer, editor and/or translator, publishers, type-face. A detailed reference.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. No DJ as issued. Very light age spotting on inside front cover. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.