Publisher:
Wynkyn de Worde Society & Bund Deutscher Buchkuenstler
Published:
1989
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17747191864
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Seller's Description:
First edition. Tall 8vo. 251, (3) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, some in color and mounted, line drawings, diagrams. Contributions by Giovanni Mardersteig, Jerry Kelly, Dreyfus, Will Carter, Zapf, and many others. Very good. Gilt-stamped rust cloth. (#7719).
Publisher:
Wynkyn de Worde Society :: Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler :: Distribution...
Published:
1989
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17998140810
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Printing. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. pp. 251. This is a bilingual edition in German and English. Set in Zapf Renaissance Roman. Printed in Frankfurt and bound in Darmstadt, Germany. 11 x 7.25 inches. Cinnamon cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to the front, back and spine. Generally unbumped spine head and tail and with very gently bumped upper corners. Text block firmly bound in. 251 numbered pages. With 26 full-page color plates showing calligraphy-inspired typefaces, a tipped-in color plate, and numerous B&W figures. Slight page waviness. Technically ex library but with only a few very tiny ex lib stamps on the rear pastedown. Else an immensely clean copy. Gently read if read at all. A Very Good Plus copy. This publication was printed to mark the occasion of Hermann Zapf's fifty years in alphabet design. Weight 1 lb. 14 oz.
Publisher:
Wynkyn de Worde Society :: Bund Deutscher Buchkünstler :: Distribution...
Published:
1989
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17893917891
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Graphic Design Book is in excellent condition, in deep red cloth covers with gilt print on cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes other than a small scuff mark on cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with two tipped-in plates full color plate. 251 pages. Text is in German and English with over 40 contributors.
