Book Typefaces Illustrated Examples Text by Cowell (9 results)
Language: English
Published by W.S.Cowell Ltd, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United KingdomSarah Zaluckyj
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: With All Faults (W.A.F.). No Dustjacket. First Edition. 74 pages. No dustjacket. A really SHABBY/worn copy with discolouring and fading to both boards and spine, front outer hinge 80%b split but book is ring-bound under spine cover so binding sound. Fraying to spine-ends, corners and lower opening edges. A…small fray to top front and rear cover a little scuffed. Owner's name to plate on inner frotn boards , a numbered edition No. 4505. prelims and pages are sound with moderate usage marks. A working copy.
Language: English
Published by W.S. Cowell Ltd, Ipswich, UK, 1952
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellersmall 4to. metal spiral binding, cloth, dust jacket. 74 pages. Well produced book printed in different colors on different colored paper stock. A fine copy in near fine jacket. With presentation bookplate present although it was once taped to front free endpaper and is now detached with tape remnants present. Loosely inserted is… a broadside entitled "Supplementary Sheets for A Book of Typefaces. 1954." metal spiral binding, cloth, dust jacket. Type Specimens (illustrator).
Published by Cowell, W. S., Ltd, Ipswich, 1952
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United KingdomFlorence books
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Add to basketSpiral Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st. Edition. A clean, tight copy in a worn dust wrapper, which has closed tears and a little loss. No insc. 74pp. Numbered on a bookplate stuck to the front pastedown. (no 3177 of an unspecified run). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Ipswich : W.S. Cowell Limited, 1952
- Hardcover
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, NetherlandsKlondyke
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Original pictorial boards with spiral binding, dust jacket, illustrations, small 4to. Numbered edition, this is number 1345.
Published by Ipswich, W.S. Cowell 1952., 1952
- Hardcover
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, SwedenRönnells Antikvariat AB
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Add to basket24,5x20,5 cm. V, (1), 74 pp. Illustrated. Ring-bound decorative printed cloth. A very good copy.
Published by Ipswich, Suffolk : W.S. Cowell, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good spiral-bound cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 74 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Subjects: Printing England History. Type and type-founding England ; Specimens. 1 Kg.
Published by Ipswich, Suffolk : W.S. Cowell, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good spiral-bound cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 74 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Subjects: Printing England History. Type and type-founding England ; Specimens. 1 Kg.
Published by Medium 4to, 24.5cm, pp.vi,74, W.S. Cowell Ltd, Butter Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1952., 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Printed in several colours, typefaces usually being shown in the 30pt size. Ring-bound decorative printed cloth. Dust-jacket just slightly chipped at head of spine. A very good copy. Designed by John Lewis. The covers printed by offset lithography on whit…e book cloth from seahorse designs drawn on Plastocowell. Most attractive.
Published by Ipswich, Suffolk W. S. Cowell Ltd 1952, 1952
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United KingdomChristian White Rare Books Ltd
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Add to basketCritic and writer Herbert Read's copy, numbered and presented to him probably by the book's distributor, Faber and Faber. Illustrated cloth covered boards 'printed by offset lithography on white book cloth', internally spiral bound and printed to a very high standard on 'two-sheet ivorex board'. Dustjacket in good condition, not… price-clipped, old paper repairs to verso, otherwise invisible when the book is shown. On the front pastedown a red 'Labore et Constantia' bookplate printed specially for this volume: 'This copy of A Book of Type-faces belongs to [manuscript] Herbert Read. [print] It is numbered [manuscript] 195'. Fabers distributed the book and had a longstanding connection with Read who was, by the early 1950s, a leading cultural critic and taste-maker in the United Kingdom. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
