J Ben Lieberman (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. This is the second edition of a good introductory, practical, and comprehensive book for beginners who want to learn about the history of type, typefounding and typefaces. A good copy in good dust jacket. Twenty-five chapters cover subjects such as how and why typefaces are different, fifteen great inventions behind typefaces, classifying type, choosing type, and the practical problems of identifying type plus what to do when you have become familiar with type. This work is a great place to begin when one wants to start studying the printed word and working with printing and type. Lieberman also includes informative and interesting historical information covering the more specific aspects of the printed word in "The 15 Great Inventions Behind Our Typefaces," which describe the inventions of the book, small letters, silent reading, printing, typefaces, roman type, true type design, numbers, mechanized type production, the type family, evocative printing, the Typorama, cold type, and the possible reinvention of the alphabet. Distributed by Oak Knoll Press.…

stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Paperback edition. Some rubbing to covers.

Third printing. Contains text and a great many examples. -- Hardcover, 132 pages, 9x11 inches. Condition: very good (endsheet partly loose; no jacket).

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. Second edition of his Types of Typefaceswhich was originally published in 1968. Inscribed by Ben Lieberman on his loosely-inserted letterhead for the designer Max Caflisch. Spine of the jacket faded and worn, else a near fine copy.

cloth. 4to. cloth. 132 pages. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Covers slightly bowed, minor soiling to covers.

brochure. 8vo. brochure. (4) pages. Limited edition of 500 on text paper for Strathmore, 300 as a keepsake for the Fifth Annual Conference of the American Printing History Association, 50 copies for files and reserve, and 150 copies for the Amalgamated Printers Association. Hand set in Goudy's 12 pt., cast by Pat Taylor at the Suburban Letter Foundry, Larchmont, New York.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear, markings and some tears. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. New Rochelle, New York: Myriade Press, 1978. Second edition, 1978. Softcover in very good condition, firm binding, no names or other markings. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. CAVALCADE Men Adventure Magazine Volume 4, #5 (April /1962; Skye Publications;) Painted Front Cover 76 pages including covers; Writers: Clark Wiswell; Richard Finche; Frank Brookhouser; Gerald F. Lieberman; Vic Martin; Lou Cameron; Sean O'Casey; Morton J. Golding; Guy De Maupassant; Jules Archer; Ben Bennett; Interior Artists: Guy Bara; *** Book Order # ADV227-1; Condition= FN = (6.0) FINE; (Above Average Condition) Price=US$19.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Guy Bara; (illustrator). Book.…

stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Limited to 500 copies. This book answers questions for potential Chappel members, which is a club or society of private press proprietors or personal printers which live close enough together to meet. Herity Press (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Black coth with cover label, 12mo., irregularly paginated. One of 200 copies with contributions printed by the Glad Hand Press, the Mermaid Press, the Ron Press, the Serendipity Press and others. Two errata slips laid in. Bookplate of Arthur Goldsmith Jr, else a clean, very good copy with fading to the spine, in archival mylar.…

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 142 pages. Second edition of his Types of Typefaceswhich was originally published in 1968. Jacket wrinkled along top.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Chappel of Private Presses, New York. 1961. Irregularly paginated. 72 pgs. One of 200 copies Includes the work of the Gladhand Press, The Grimalkin Press, The Herity Press, The Mermaid Press, The Ron Press, The Serendipity Press, The Press of the Iron Horse and the Private Press of the Haywoods. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages; Signed by Not signed; Gray hardcovers with red illustration on front and red lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. No ownership marks. No interior page marks noted. Profusely illustrated with B&W drawings and photographs. Pages are clean and very lightly darkening with age. No dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped. Owner's name inside front cover. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Qtr Cloth & Illustrated Boards. Condition: Fine. First Edition. pp. vii, 22 + folding sheet & colophon. 49/215 copies. Printed paper spine label & spare tipped in. From the library of Frances Guthrie, great niece of James, friend of Edward Thomas who ran the Pear Tree Press & published his first poems.…

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Bien. CULTURE WARS bell hooks on Spike Lee's Malcom X ECOCULTURE Andrew Ross' Weather Report GLAMOUR WOUNDS Rhonda Lieberman on The Fountainebleau Hotel FACE-LIFTS Jeanne Silverthorne on Secret Vices AMERICAN MYTHS J. Hoberman on Bill Clinton TOP TEN Greil Marcus' Real Life Rock COLUMNS FEATURES REVIEWS PROFANE ILLUMINATIONS: SOCIAL HISTORY AND THE ART OF JEFF WALL Thomas Crow WHEN IN VIDEODROME: TRAVELS IN THE NEW FLESH Howard Hampton ALEX KATZ Jack Pierson WENT LOOKING FOR AFRICA: CARRIE MAE WEEMS Kate Linker REAL TIME TRAVEL Laurence Rickels talks with Ulrike Ottinger LOCKDOWN: ROBERT GOBER AT DIA Collier Schorr THE END OF THE WORLD HAS ALREADY HAPPENED: ROBERT GOBER Donald Kuspit OPENINGS: LEONARDO DREW Hilton Als COLUMNS FEATURES REVIEWS NEW YORK Donald Kuspit on Eric Fischl Donald Kuspit on Karel Appel Donald Kuspit on A.R. Penck Keith Seward on Jenny Watson Joshua Decter on Matt Mullican Ben Lifson on Frank Majore Linda Yablonsky on Philip Pearlstein Patricia C. Phillips on Maria Nordman Patricia C. Phillips on Michelle Stuart Barry Schwabsky on Mat Collishaw Barry Schwabsky on Brenda Zlamany Jenifer P. Borum on Adolph Wölfli Jenifer P. Borum on Kenneth Goldsmith K. Marriott Jones on Stephen Ellis Ronny Cohen on Chuck Connelly Justin Spring on Sally Gall Kirby Gookin on Kirsten Mosher David Pagel on Nancy Mitchnick MILAN Francesca Pasini on Name Diffusion HARRISBURG Eileen Neff on Richard Torchia CHICAGO James Yood on Italo Scanga James Yood on Deborah Butterfield SAN FRANCISCO David Levi Strauss on Margaret Crane/Jon Winet LOS ANGELES David Pagel on Kevin Sullivan Benjamin Weissman on Thaddeus Strode Amelia Jones on José Quintana MONTREAL John K. Grande on Michèle Waquant MADRID Juan Vicente Aliaga on Francis Bacon VALENCIA Anatxu Zabalbeascoa on Joan Fontcuberta ROME Massimo Carboni on Salvatore Astore NICE Christian Kravagna on Gerwald Rockenschaub PARIS Jean-Pierre Criqui on Didier Vermeiren Olivier Zahm on Jutta Koether, Laurent Joubert ZURICH Giorgio Verzotti on Chiara Dynys, Giovanni Rizzoli VIENNA Johanna Hofleitner on Patricia London Ante Paris COLOGNE Jutta Koether on Adrian Schiess DÜSSELDORF Sabine B. Vogel on Andreas Techler HAMBURG Wolf Jahn on Klaus Kumrow LONDON Michael Corris on Gilbert & George Michael Archer on Tim Head.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 32 pages, fine condition in decorated paper covered boards and cloth spine, paper title label on spine, number 95 of 215 copies.

Condition: Very Good. Softcover-1958 International Cooperation Administration, in Very Good condition, minor shelf/edge wear to covers and edges-rear cover has a deep scratch.Black cloth reinforced spine.No notes or writing-All 258 pages are bright, clean and crisp-many illustrations.includes numerous samples of various paper and cardboard at the rear.a very interesting Federal Government Publication of much interest to any one interested in papermaking on a small scale.Very scarce.Thanks for supporting a small family business.LOC SSM-18.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 142. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1963 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 142.…

No. 28 OF 215 COPIES. 252 x 184 mm. (10 x 7 1/4"). vii, [i], 22 pp. Publisher's blue bell-patterned paper backed with blue linen, flat spine with light blue printed paper label, untrimmed edges. With woodcut engraving on title, one full-page woodcut illustration, and one folding facsimile. Printed in red and black. With prospectus for the present work loosely laid in. A pristine copy of an attractive fine press publication that traces the journey of William Morris's Albion Press No. 6551, from its role in printing the Kelmscott Chaucer to its arrival in America. .…

Edition limited to 215 copies, this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and out-of-series; tall 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 22, [1]; vignette title page printed in red and black, 1 folding facsimile, 1 wood-engraved illustration depicting the Kelmscott/Goudy press, floriated initials, chapter headings printed in red throughout; a fine copy in original blue cloth-backed blue patterned paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine. The journey of Albion No. 6551--the press that helped to print the Kelmscott Chaucer--through 100 years, eight owners, and two continents.…