Published by Folio, pp.xix,159, Peter Davies, London, & Harper Brothers, New York,1928., 1928
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 122 full-page illustrations, many in colours. Quarter cream linen with gilt spine titling and blue rules, paper-covered boards. Dust-jacket a little chipped.with slight loss. A very good copy Printed at the Curwen Press.
Seller: Antiquariat Lang, Rennerod, Germany
Übertragung aus dem Englischen von Oscar Jolles. London: Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd., 1928. Goldgeprägter Orig.-Halbpergament-Bd. mit Pgmt.-Ecken. 47, (3) S. Text mit 13 Abb. und 10 Schriftmustertafeln, 1 beilieg. doppelblattgr. Schriftmustertafel (Neuschnitt der Fournier). - 28,5 x 22. * Privatdruck auf handgeschöpftem Papier in nur 200 Exemplaren. Gedruckt bei Poeschel und Trepte in Leipzig. - Auf dem hinteren Innendeckel ein montiertes, maschinenschriftl. Widmungsblatt vom 9.3.1966 der Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Monotype (Frankfurt) an Helmut Presser, den damaligen Direktor des Gutenberg-Museums in Mainz.
Published by Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd, London, 1928
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
First Edition
Fournier, Pierre Simon (illustrator). small 4to. quarter vellum over paper-covered boards, vellum tips. 47, (12) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies, of which this is the scarce hardcover edition. Slight uneven fading to the outer boards, discoloration to the endpapers, else a near fine copy. This is a German edition of the special issue of the Monotype Recorder from July 1926 which was devoted to Fournier. Loosely inserted is a type specimen sheet measuring 372 x 268 mm, printed one side only and folded once showing Fournier types from 10 to 18 point printed within a decorative border. A history of printing in France is followed by 10 pages of the Monotype revival of Fournier in 18, 14, 13, 12 and 10 point. quarter vellum over paper-covered boards, vellum tips.