Approach Type by Biggs (35 results)

Condition: Poor. 2nd edition. Cloth, dj, P/P. 136pp, many b/w illustrations, Ex Library copy with the dustjacket stuck down to the boards & the endpaper removed. A solid reading copy. Good introduction to type design & the history of type development. Includes many examples. 550 grams.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition. 152 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces.

cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. First edition. Ownership inscription in ink of J. D. Reynolds on front free endpaper. Dust jacket worn and loosely inserted into the rear. Dampstain on front board, leaf for page 115-116 loose, else a good copy. Well illustrated introduction to typography.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Incomplete. 1st Edition. 152 pages, illustrated, glossary, foxing to endpapers and page edges, dust jacket frayed repaired and with some loss to back cover, previous owner name on front endpaper.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good+, unmarked HB; DJ-Good+.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. New Revised Edition. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light foxing to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Light toning throughout. Dj quite worn & soiled with clear & masking tape reenforcing the top & bottom edges in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gray cloth gilt, DW, 4to., 152 pages, illustrated. A good copy with mild spotting in a spotted, soiled and torn DW.

Condition: Good. Second edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 136pp. Text illustrations. Original red cloth, no dustwrapper. This book is in very good condition.

2128.BIGGS J.R. 1949 AN APPROACH TO TYPE. 152PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER WITH NO DUST JACKET. GOOD CONDITIOIN. (OBG-BASE-75).

cloth. small 4to. cloth. 136 pages. Second edition. Well illustrated introduction to typography. Minor jacket chipping. Bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 136pp; illustrated. Price-clipped dustjacket has some light soiling plus chipped with a short closed tear top front.

Second edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 136 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 51-53. Subjects; Type and type-founding. Typesetting. Printing. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Edition. 4to. 136 pp. illus. Fine copy in a price-clipped dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 152 pages. nz govt stamp & pen no.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Many specimens of type and 50 figures within the text. Grey cloth, gilt on the spine and front, lacks dust-jacket. Spine faded. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: V G Chipped and Foxed. 1st Edition. 152pp, 40 illustrations. Price-clipped d.j. A nice copy.

Second edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 136 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 51-53. Subjects; Type and type-founding. Typesetting. Printing. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NO JACKET. Hardback 1949. 1st edition. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Pages edges are foxed. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref h3344. An Approach to Type by John R Biggs. Blandford Press, London.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second edition, revised. Very good in a very good (minor shelf wear and age toning) dust jacket. B0027ELECU.

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-), tearing to joints, in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 156pp. Many illustrations of typefaces. Dj sl,chipped else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book measures 26x19cm,136pp. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt title lettering on spine. Binding in very good clean condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor DW. 1st Edition. Owner's bookplate and inscription at start of book. Very good clean tight text throughout BUT end papers are noticeably browned. Lettering to covers a bit faded in places. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in a poor condition and held together in a loose polythene protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Prior owner details to flyleaf. DJ with closed tears, chipping and small losses.

First edition. 25 x 19 cm. 152 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth with dust-jacket. Spine ends and corners just slightly bumped, else fine. Condition Near Fine. Dust jacket somewhat chipped at head of spine and front panel and with some mended tears. Condition Very Good to VG+.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrations and Numerous Typefaces (illustrator). Second Edition. Dust jacket is in a protective sleeve, shelf wear to edges, unclipped. Red cloth with bright gilt titles to upper cover and spine, a couple of small marks, very slight bump to corners. No inscription. 136 pages with useful bibliography. Clean and tight. This is a completely revised edition of Mr. Biggs' book which has become a standard work in its field since first publication. The current volume is designed in the idiom of the 1960s and has had much new material added. It is still what THE BRITISH PRINTER first said of it: a commendable introduction to the subject. As may be expected from one so experienced in teaching, the literary style of the book is such as to promote easy assimilation of the contents. The typographical style and the impeccable presswork also contribute fully to the same desirable end.' Printers, art students, advertising agents, publishers, editors and all who are concerned with type find here an ideal introduction. The numerous specimens are of types readily available and a method of study is suggested. Technicalities are explained in language the layman can understand and these include the point system, type sizes, and the names of the parts of a letter and of the metal type. The classification of type faces makes clear the distinction between 'old face' (diagonal stress) and 'modern' (vertical stress). The evolution of letter design is outlined from the early memory signs to the alphabet familiar today in its written and printed forms. Legibility and beauty of type design are discussed and the influence of paper thereon. The author has taught typographic design and wood engraving at the London School of Printing, the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and is now head of the Graphic Design Department of the Brighton College of Art. He was also Production Manager for 'Country Life' Books and Art Editor for the S.C.M. Press. His work as a typographer and wood engraver is well known through exhibits at the Fifty Books of the Year Exhibition, the Royal Academy and many other exhibitions. This book is based upon his long experience of the practice of typography and of the problems of a wide variety of students, Size: 4to.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 152 pages. The cover is a little worn and discoloured around the edges. The pages are tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).