Morison Stanley Ed (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket. Reprint first published 1972 based on author's Lyell Lectures delivered at Oxford University in 1957 by the Lyell Reader in Bibliography A study of symbols intended to convey meanings. Illustrations. 361 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £13.55 as book nearly one kilo weight.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Physical description: xxxiv, 217 pages ; ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. Subjects: Morison, Stanley 1889-1967; Correspondence; Updike, Daniel Berkeley 1860-1941;Correspondence; Printers United States; Printers Great Britain; Type and type-founding History 20th century; Sources; Printing History 20th century; Printers; Printing; Type and type-founding; Memoirs and diaries 20th century. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Fordham University Press, c.1963, 9-1/4"x13-3/4", cloth, 96pp., illusts., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, VG- $.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Physical description: xxxiv, 217 pages ; ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. Subjects: Morison, Stanley 1889-1967; Correspondence; Updike, Daniel Berkeley 1860-1941;Correspondence; Printers United States; Printers Great Britain; Type and type-founding History 20th century; Sources; Printing History 20th century; Printers; Printing; Type and type-founding; Memoirs and diaries 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard covers in dust jacket. Light soiling to edges. Moderate toning and edge wear to price-clipped jacket. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked -- a sound and neat copy. Illustrated. Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

xxxiv, 217 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Fine in an unworn jacket slightly sunned at the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. 218p, 21 ills. (2 folding). In Godine at Fifty, the publisher notes, "It was not only the last of Morison's texts to be printed, but also indispensable for the serious scholar of letters and their development, a book covering and displaying the most important (and most beautiful) examples of the calligrapher's art." Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ~21 illustrations, including some folding. Dustwrapper unfaded, unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders with tracking, overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st Am edn. Hardback. Size: 219pp. With dustwrapper. No ownership marks.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First US edition, 222 pp., bound n brown cloth with gilt lettering. as new. 22 x 14 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket, xxxv, 217 p. : facsim. (some col), 2 port. ; 24cm. Good/very good, few brown spots on (top) page-edges.

Condition: (good/fair). 1963 96 pages illustrated oversize.

Black Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition with Additions. 138 pages. Originally issued in 1953 as a Cambridge Christmas Book in an edition of 450. Revised by P M Handover. Netty Hoeflake, Harry Carter, and John Dreyfus contribute on 3 types not included in the original - Van Dijck, Ehrhardt, and Romulus. Minor shelfwear to covers, contents fine, unmarked, rubbing, edgewear, tears, some losses to unclipped dustjacket. [739/767] Size: 270mm. x 175mm.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. 254pp. Very good. Hard cover, dust jacket with plastic cover.

1st edition thus hardback with dust jacket New book large octavo 361pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in the publisher's cloth. The binding is a little dulled but sound overall, some toning and spotting to the prelims and edges of text block, previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in the publisher's decorated cloth. The binding is a little dulled but sound overall, some toning and spotting to the prelims and edges of text block, the contents is clean and unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of correspondence between two eminent figures in the world of typography, including the designer of Times New Roman The first edition of Selected Correspondence between typographers Stanley Morison and D.B. Updike, edited by British librarian and scholar David Mckitterick. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrapper. Contains all twenty plates, including of letters, typeface examples, and portraits. Collated complete. An illuminating volume on the history of typography and print, the letters between close friends Stanley Morison and D.B. Updike exchange their insightful opinions and ideas revolving around print during the interwar period. Morison was best known for being the designer of Times New Roman and reviving blackletter over Victorian fine printing, while Updike founded the Merrymount Press. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, in the original unclipped yellow dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with minimal marks, and minor bumps to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is bright and mostly clean, with minimal edgewear. Slight fading to wrapper spine and a couple of small marks to wrapper joints and to rear. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

4to. First edition. One of 1150 copies on antique wove paper. Original teal cloth, gilt to spine. Printed in Barbou type by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge. Illustrated throughout and with tipped in specimen pages, etc, some folding. Cloth a little dulled by dust with light wear to the corner tips. A little light foxing to the endpapers. The rear hinge is cracked but holding firm. Good +. The contents include Stanley Morison on Decorated Types; Paul Beaujon on Decorative Printing in America; and Albert Windisch on the Work of Rudolf Koch.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Limited edtion. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Oversize 4to HC in original mustard yellow cloth with decorative title design in red and blue to cover and spine. In a limited edition of 1250 copies printed on Antique Laid stock. Snugly bound and generally neat with just mild crimping to cloth at spine ends and light shelf soiling to board surfaces. Here and there some superficial foxing to pages, generally on leaves facing tipped in plates and examples. Solid neat copy; uncommon in condition. VG. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.…

Includes "The 'Garamond Types: A Study of XVI and XVII century sources,' by Paul Beaujon; 'Towards an Ideal Italic,' by Stanley Morison; 'J.E. Laboureur Illustrator,' by Paul Istel; 'William Bulmer,' by H.V. Marrot; etc. Quarto. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, and tipped-in plates. Cloth. Covers lightly soiled. Very good. First edition. One of 1,250 copies on antique laid paper. …

Includes 'Modern Printing in the Netherlands' by J. Van Krimpen; 'The Typographical Work of Eric Gill' by Paul Beaujon; 'The Typography of the 'Nineties' by A.J.A. Symons, 'First Principles of Typography' by Stanley Morison, et al. Quarto. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, numerous tipped-in color plates. Cloth. A very good copy, lacking the d.j. First edition. One of 1,000 copies.…

Includes: 'The Work of Rudolf Koch' by Albert Windisch; 'Geofroy Tory,' by A.F. Johnson; 'Deecorated Types' by Stanley Morison, etc. Quarto. [xiv], [267] pp. Illustrated with type facsimiles, reproductions, numerous tipped-in color plates. Cloth. Some light foxing, light dampstaining to binding near top edge, not affecting text. Printer Ward Ritchie's copy, with his bookplate and name in pencil. Laid in is a 1934 newspaper article about Rudolf Koch, which has resulted in some offsetting to an interior page. A very good copy in dust jacket that is torn along front joint. Uncommon in jacket. First edition.…

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Facsimile edition, one of 300 copies showcasing two works by the Renaissance calligraphist and typographer, Ludovico Degli Arrighi (1475-1527). The text includes reproductions of Arrighi's La Operina (1522) and Il Modo de Temperare le Penne (1523). Octavo. Original parchment spine lettered in gilt, patterned board sides, edges untrimmed. Appropriately calligraphic Christmas 1951 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Couple spots to spine and contents, very good. …