9780879236366 - Letters of Credit: a View of Type Design by Tracy, Walter (14 results)
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Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.Sleuth Books, FABA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book has blue cloth boards with gold titles in a Near Fine dust jacket that has been price clipped. 219 pages + Index. Selling quality books for 40 years.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: Miranda Books & Ephemera, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.Miranda Books & Ephemera
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. FINE in a very good+ jacket. FIRST U.S. edition, first printing. Jacket, boards, and interior bright and clean with a touch of sunning to jacket spine. Very mild shelf wear to jacket. Binding tight and square, no loose pages. Interior unmarked on inspe…ction.
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Seller: Old Algonquin Books, LONE TREE, CO, U.S.A.Old Algonquin Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Steps that went into the revolution in typesetting to photo and computer-driven composition, and the evolution of the letter forms. 219 pages plus index. Very fine blue book and dust jacket.
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Seller: Tefka, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Tefka
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First U.S. Edition, 1986, printed in England. Near fine hardcover in very good dust jacket. Unclipped DJ has a sunned spine, bright and clean front, small spots on rear, and light edge and shelf wear. Hardcover has bright blue cloth and bright… gilt on spine, tight binding and crisp pages; four pages have corner crease/bends possibly from being dropped, no other marks, no ownership marks. See photos. Ships same day or next day.
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Seller: Acadia Art & Rare Books. Est. 1931, Toronto, ON, CanadaAcadia Art & Rare Books. Est. 1931
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with complete Dj. All illustrations in B&W. Clean and unmarked inside. Large 8vo.
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Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.SHIMEDIA
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Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small quarto. B&W illustrations. Near fine in near fine DJ. 223 pages.
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Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.Easton's Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 9.80 X 6.80 X 1 inches. 219 pages. Dust jacket price clipped. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.GoldBooks
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Language: English
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Fine dust jacket. First U. S. Edition (so stated). Boston, Massachusetts: David R. Godine, 1986. Appear unread. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket (partially price clipped). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic… sleeve. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp - probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1986. First U. S. Edition. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. From the dust jacket: "The revolution in typesetting -- a revolution that over the past two decades has eliminated a five-hundred-year-old system of hot metal production and replaced it with one of photo-generated and computer-driven composition -- shows no sign of winding down. This book, more than any other we have read, traces the steps that went into that revolution and simultaneously makes the argument that the letter forms themselves, whether used in film computer or hot metal composition, are always in a process of evolution. Tracy argues that, whether they are of the sixteenth or the twentieth century, the forms that comprise our alphabet are subject to the same rules of good taste, proportion, and clarity that have always obtained. But what we face today is vastly different from fifty years ago. For the first time, new technology has made the proliferation (and, not a few would maintain, the debasement) of letter forms fast and easy (or quick and dirty). With fifty years of professional experience on both sides of the Atlantic (including thirty years as head of type design for the British Linotype Company), Tracy is in a unique position to make this argument and reach his sad conclusion: the good designs of contemporary typefaces are far outnumbered by the mediocre and downright bad. Part of the reason for this deplorable deterioration is a lack of critical analysis of the particular esthetics involved. This step-by-step examination of type-design esthetics is precisely what Tracy provides here, while avoiding both the promoter's hype and the manufacturer's claims. Here are the gut issues of what makes type good or bad, legible or unreadable. Extensively illustrated with both typefaces and line drawings, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the history of letters or in the artistry and peculiar problems that lie behind their production." 7" wide by 10" tall. First U. S. Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 223pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Seller: YESIBOOKSTORE, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.YESIBOOKSTORE
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hardcover. Condition: As New.
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
