Typography, Printing from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

A brief history of the Doves Press, the famous Doves typeface and the destruction of the punches and matrices by Cobden-Sanderson. One of 350 copies, signed by the author. Description: Bound in Morris 'Willow', purple and cream patterend paper covers. Tall octavo: 26.5 × 17 cm; pp. 23. Printed from Monotype Caslon on Sommerville laid paper. Condition: A very good clean… Read more about this item

First edition of the poem with an illustration by Raymond Gid. Limited to 145 copies, of which this is no. 128. Desciption: Unbound folded sheets (as issued) in printed wrappers. Octavo: 20 × 16 cm; 16 ll.; pp. (9-28) paginated A-T. 1 drawing by Raymond Gid. Printed from different typefaces (Plantin, Gill, Bodoni, Garamond) in different sizes (16, 18, 24 pt.). Ref.:… Read more about this item

A carefully designed and beautifully printed booklet of poems about the trials and tribulations of working with typesetting and printing presses. Description: Card covers with pictorial papers wrappers. Octavo: 22 × 15 cm; pp. 11 leaves all but one printed on one side only. Printed from 'Bembo' and 'Old Face Open' (frontispice), 2 illustrations. Condition: An excellent copy. Notes:… Read more about this item

First edition of this famous essay by Beatrice Warde. Description: Publisher's paper wrappers, stitched as issued. Octavo: 19 × 13 cm; pp. 15. Inserted: Loosely inserted is the original folded notice from the Marchbanks Press. Provenance: Ownership inscription in pen to front cover. Condition: Externally some fading, minor abrasions and marks of usage. Cover detached. Pages due to paper quality slightly uniformly browned, but… Read more about this item

First edition of Gill's final collection of essays outlining his distributist philosophy on the relationship between man and work, industry and art. With an introduction by Mary Gill. Description: Orig. navy blue cloth, pictorial decoration (St Thomas's Hands, 1935) blocked in silver to front board, titled in silver to spine, orig. dust jacket, lettered in red and black. Duodecimo: 19 ×… Read more about this item

From the library of Will Carter, founder of the famous Rampant Lions Press. Description: Sewn as issued in publisher's printed paper wrappers. Duodecimo: 20 × 13 cm; pp.: 21, [1] and 1 illustration (frontispiece) by Denis Tegetmeier. Provenance: Small rectangular bookplates of Will Carter and Sebastian Carter to front wrapper verso, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto: Will Carter… Read more about this item

The Genetischer Lehrgang für den Schreibunterricht contains methodical instructions for the calligraphic execution of various types of writing, such as the Kurrent, Antiqua or Fraktur script. Description: Sewn paper covers. Landscape octavo: 15 × 23 cm; unpaginated,30 ll., printed on rectos only. Provenance: Previous owners name written neatly to flyleaf: Milla Jauak. Condition: Covers with some small chips to board edges, internally, clean… Read more about this item

A brief introduction to 15th and 16th century printer's marks, reproduced from books in the Museum Library. Description: Red card covers: Octavo: 18 × 12 cm; pp. [16] ll., (unpaginated). With 28 full-page illustrations. Condition: Boards very lightly rubbed, usual light age tanning. Else a very good, solid, tight, copy with clean internals. Please note: Due to the low weight, the shipping costs… Read more about this item