Type Library: A gallery of type books...
Recent Aquisitions
Alphabetical by title...
Feature Book of the Month
The Construction of Roman Letters
Durer, Albrecht.
Designed by Bruce Rogers.
Cambridge: Dunster House, 1914.
Alphabetum Romanum
Feliciano, Felice.
Ed. Giovanni Mardersteig.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1960.
Alphabetum Romanum (Facimile)
Feliciano, Felice.
New York: Belser Incorporated, 1988. 2 vols. Slipcased.
L'"antiquario" Felice Feliciano veronese tra epigrafia antica, letteratura e arti del libro
Padova: Editrice Antenore, 1995.
The Art of Bookbinding
Cobdon-Sanderson, T.J.
Dundas, ON: Aliquando Press, 1986.
Bookbinding
Cobdon-Sanderson, T.J.
Dundas, ON: Aliquando Press, 1989.
A Century for the Century
Hunger, Martin & Jerry Kelly.
Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine, 2004.
A Checklist of Books Published by William Pickering, 1820-1853
Kelly, Jerry.
Ponoma, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004.
The Crystal Goblet: Sixteen Essays on Typography
Warde, Beatrice.
London: Sylvan Press, 1955.
The Doves Press
Tidcombe, Marianne.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2002.
Early Italian Writing-Books: Renaissance to Baroque
Morison, Stanley.
Ed. Nicolas Barker.
London: The British Library, 1990.
Enschedé Printing Works Hand-set Type (Specimen)
Haarlem: Enschedé, 1961.
2 vols.
A History of the Nonesuch Press
Dreyfus, John.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1981.
The House of Enschedé: 1703-1953
Carter, Harry & Jan van Krimpen.
Harlaam: Enschedé, 1953.
The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful
Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.
Berkeley, CA: Arif Press, 1981.
Janson: A Definitive Collection (Specimen)
Stauffacher, Jack Werner.
San Francisco: The Greenwood Press, 1954.
The Letterforms and Type Designs of Eric Gill
Harling, Robert.
Westerham Press / Eva Svenson, 1979.
Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century
Ryder, John.
London: The Stellar Press / The Bodley Head, 1965.
Majesty, Order and Beauty: Selections from the Journals of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson
Reuter, William, ed.
Dundas, ON: The Alequando Press, 2007. Limited to 45 copies, this is #24. Slipcased.
The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press, 1923-1977.
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Ed. Hans Schmoller.
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. Slipcased.
On Designing and Devising Type
van Krimpen, Jan.
New York: The Typophiles, 1957.
A Perspective on Type and Typography
van Krimpen, Jan.
Lunenburg: The Stinehour Press, 1965.
The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition
DeVinne, Theodore Low.
New York: Oswald Publishing, 1914.
Printing Types & How to Use Them
Hlasta, Stanley, C..
Pittsburg: Carnegie Press, 1950.
The Private Press
Cave, Roderick.
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1983. 2nd ed.
A Renaissance Alphabet: Il Perfetto Scrittore, Parte Seconda
Cresci, Giovan Francesco. Introduction by Donald M. Anderson.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971.
Type for Books: A Designer's Manual
Mardersteig, Giovanni, ed.
London: Bodley Head (for Mackay's), 1976. 3rd ed.
The Typographic Arts: Two Lectures
Morison, Stanley.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950.
Typographic Years
Blumenthal, Joseph.
New York: Frederic C. Beil, 1982.
Typographical Printing Surfaces
Legros, Lucien Alphonse & John Cameron Grant.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1916.
Typography Papers 6
Ed. Paul Stiff. (With essays on the 15th-century revival of the Roman alphabet by Nicolette Gray, Giovanni Mardersteig, Paul Stiff, and James Mosley.)
London: Hyphen Press, 2005.
The Journals of Thomas James Cobden-
Sanderson
New York: MacMillan, 1926.
The Work of Jan van Krimpen: An Illustrated Record
Dreyfus, John
Lonson: Sylvan Press, 1952.
A.T.A Type Comparison Book
Merriman, Frank
[?]: Advertising Typographers Association, 1965.
The Typographic Book: 1450-1935 - A Study of Fine Typography Through Five Centuries
Morison, Stanley
& Kenneth Day.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
Not So Recent Acquisitions...
Alphabetical by author...
American Specimen Book of Type Styles
American Type Founders Company
Jersey City, NJ: 1912.
Type & Typography
Baines, Phil & Andrew Haslam
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002.
Some Notes on the Printing & Publishing in Renaissance Venice
Bajetta, C.M.
New York: The Typophiles, 2000.
Stanley Morison
Barker, Nicolas
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
Officina Bodoni: Montagnola · Verona
Books Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the Hand Press,
1923-1977
Barr, John
London: The British Library, 1978.
Five Hundred Years of Book Design
Bartram, Alan
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles
Bennett, Paul A.
Savannah, GA: Frederic C. Beiln, 1991.
Kelmscott, Doves & Aschendene
Bennett, Paul A.
Los Angles: Ward Ritchie Press (for The Book Club of California), 1952.
Fine Print on Type: The Best of Fine Print Magazine on Type and Typography
Bigelow, Charles, et al.
San Francisco: Fine Print / Bedford Arts, 1989.
Art of the Printed Book, 1455-1955
Blumenthal, Joseph
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973.
The Printed Book in America
Blumenthal, Joseph
Hanover: University Press of New England, 1989 (1977).
About Real Books
Bringhurst, Robert.
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2008.
Carving the Elements: A Companion to The Fragments of Parmenides
Bringhurst, Robert, et al.
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2004.
The Elements of Typographic Style,
1st & 3rd Ed.
Bringhurst, Robert
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1992 & 2009.
The Solid Form of Language
Bringhurst, Robert
Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2004.
The Surface of Meaning: Books & Book Design in Canada
Bringhurst, Robert
Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing / Simon Fraser University, 2008.
Spread showcasing tengo sed.
The Typographic Mind
Bringhurst, Robert
Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2006.
Wild Language
Bringhurst, Robert
Nanaimo, BC: Institute for Coastal Research, 2006.
Printing Poetry
Burke, Clifford
San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980.
Type Spaces: in-house norms in the typography of Aldus Manutius
Burnhill, Peter
London: Hyphen Press, 2003.
A View of Early Typography: Up to About 1600
Carter, Harry
London: Hyphen Press, 2002.
A Short History of the Printed Word
Chappel, Warren (& Robert Bringhurst)
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1998.
A Short History of the Printed Word
Chappel, Warren (& Robert Bringhurst)
New York: Dorset Press, 1970.
Designing Type
Cheng, Karen
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005.
Pietro Bembo: 'Foster Father of the Modern Book'
Danforth, Ted
New York: Typophiles, 2003.
Manual of Printing Office Practice
De Vinne, Theodore Low
Forest Hills, NY: Battery Park Book Company, 1978.
Jan Tschichold: Designer - The Penguin Years
Doubleday, Richard B.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2006.
Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type
Dowding, Geoffrey
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1995.
An Introduction to the History of Printing Types
Dowding, Geoffrey
London: Wace & Company, 1961.
Doors of Perception: Essays in Book Typography
Duncan, Harry
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987.
Rookledge's International Handbook of Type Designers: A Biographical Directory
Eason, Ron & Sara Rookledge
Surrey, England: Sarema Press, 1991.
Hoi Barbaroi: A Quarter Century at Barbarian Press
Elsted, Crispin, et al.
Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2004.
Utile Dulci: The First Decade at Barbarian Press, 1977-1987
Elsted, Crispin and Jan Elsted. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1988.
Enschedé Type Specimen
Haarlem: Enschedé, c. 1960.
Typefoundries in the Netherlands, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century
Enschedé, Charles (Harry Carter, trans.)
Haarlem: Stichting Museum Enschedé, 1978.
The Complete Manual of Typography
Felici, James
Berkeley: Peachpit (Adobe) Press, 2003.
In Praise of Aldus Manutius
Fletcher, H. George
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995.
The Private Presses
Franklin, Colin
Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, 1969.
An Essay on Typography
Gill, Eric
Boston: David R. Godine, 1988.
Goudy's Type Designs [Complete]
Goudy, Frederic W.
New Rochelle: The Myriade Press (for the Typohiles), 1978.
Types and Type Design
Goudy, Frederic W.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1936.
Typologia
Goudy, Frederic W.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977.
The Education of a Typographer
Heller, Steven.
New York: Alworth Press, 2004.
Texts on Type
Heller, Steven & Philip B. Meggs
New York: Alworth Press, 2001.
On Book Design
Hendel, Richard
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
The Complete Typographer
Hill, Will
Upper Salle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
Designing Books: practice and theory
Hochuli, Jost & Robin Kinross
London: Hyphen Press, 1996.
Detail in Typography
Hotchuli, Jost
London: Hyphen Press, 2008.
The Aesthetic World of Jan Van Krimpen
Hubregtse, Sjaak
The Hague: Museum of the Book, 1995..
Letters
Hutchinson, James
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.
Twenty-two tips on typography / Twenty-two things your should never do with typefaces
Jardi, Enric
New York: Actar, 2007.
Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer, His Life, Work & Legacy
de Jong, Cees W., et al
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008.
Last Will and Testament of the Late Nicolas Jenson
Chicago: Ludlow Telegraph Company, 1928.
book art object
Jury, David, ed.
Berkeley: The Codex Foundation, 2008.
The First Flowering: Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press, 1896-1912
Kelly, Jerry
Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 2008.
Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography
Kinross, Robin
London: Hyphen Press, 2002.
About Face: Reviving the rules of typography
Jury, David
Mies: Rotovision, 2004.
Letter Press: The allure of the handmade
Jury, David
Mies: Rotovision, 2004.
Typography: Formation & TransFormation
Kunz, Willi
Zürich: Niggli, 2003.
Typography: Macro- & Micro-Aesthetics
Kunz, Willi
Zürich: Niggli, 2002.
Typography
Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989.
Humane Letters: Bruce Rogers, Designer of Books
Landon, Richard
Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library (University of Toronto), 2007.
Printing Digital Type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press
Lange, Gerald
Marina del Ray: Bieler Press Monographs, 2004.
Rudolph Ruzicka: Speaking Reminiscently
Lathem, Edward Connery
New York: The Grolier Club, 1986.
Anatomy of a Typeface
Lawson, Alexander
Boston: David R. Godine, 1999.
The Art & History of Books
Levarie, Norma.
New York: James H. Heineman, 1968.
Anatomy of Printing
Lewis, John
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1970.
The Book: The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
McMurtrie, Douglas C.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1965 (3rd ed., 8th printing).
Bookmaking: Editing/ Design/Production
Lee, Marshall
New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.
A Handbook of Printing Types with Notes on the Style of Composition and Graphic Processes Used by Cowells
Lewis, John N.C.
London: Faber & Faber, 1947.
ABC of Lettering and Printing Typefaces
Lindegren, Erik
New York: Greenwich House, 1982.
Bram de Does: Letterontwerper & Typograaf / Typographer & Type Designer
Lommen, Mathieu (ed)
Amsterdam: De Buitenkant Publishers, 2003.
Type: The Secret History of Letters
Loxley, Simon
New York: I.B. Taurus, 2004.
Venetian Printing
Lowery, Martin
Herning, Denmark: Poul Kristensen, 1989.
The Typographic Desk Reference
Lupton, Ellen
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2009.
M & H Type Catalogue
San Francisco: M & H Type, 1994.
American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century
McGrew, Mac.
2nd ed. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1993.
The American Printer: A Manual of Typography, Containing Practical Directions for Managing All Departments of a Pringing Office, as well as Complete Instructions for Apprentices
MacKellar, Thomas
Philadelphia: The MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Co., 1889.
Bruce Rogers: American Typographer
Mansbridge, Georgia
New York: The Typophiles, 2007.
Fleuron Anthology
Maynell, Francis & Herbert Simon
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973.
Typographers on Type
McLean, Ruari, ed.
New York: Norton, 1995.
Dutch Type
Middendorp, Jan
Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2004.
Book Typography: A Designer's Manual
Mitchell, Michael and Susan Wightman
Marlborough: Libanus Press, 2005.
A Tally of Types
Morison, Stanley
Boston: David R. Godine, 1999 (1973).
Type Designs of the Past and Present
Morison, Stanley
London: The Fleuron, 1926.
The Printer & the Pardoner
Needham, Paul
Washington: Library of Congress, 1986.
Letterletter
Noordzij, Gerrit
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 2000.
The 26 Letters
Ogg, Oscar
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1961.
The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Orcutt, William Dana
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. (#285)
The Art of the Type Specimen in the Twentieth Century
Pankow, David
New York: International Typeface Corporation, 1993.
Calligraphic Type Design in the Digital Age
Prestianni, John
San Francisco: GInko Press, 2001.
Type & Typography: Highlights from the Matrix, the Review for Printers and Bibliophiles
Randle, John
West New York: Mark Batty Publishing, 2003.
Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carter
Re, Margaret
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Practical Typecasting
Rehak, Theo
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1993.
The Aliquando Century
Reuter, William.
Dundas, ON: Aliquando Press, 2008.
Leaves from the Pie Tree
Rimmer, Jim.
Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2008.
The Centaur Types
Rogers, Bruce
Chicago: October House, 1949 (original 1949 letterpressed pages bound and released by Purdue University Press).
Paragraphs on Printing: Elicited from Bruce Rogers in Talks with James Hendrickson on the Functions of the Book Designer
Rogers, Bruce
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943.
Pi a Hodge Podge of the Letters, Papers, and Addresses Written During the Last 60 Years (& prospectus)
Rogers, Bruce
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1953.
Printing on the Iron Handpress
Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel
London: Oak Knoll & The British Library, 1998.
The Case for Legibility
Ryder, John
New York: The Moretus Press, 1979.
Printing for Pleasure
Ryder, John
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1977.
Introduction to Typography
Simon, Oliver
London: Curwen Press / Penquin, 1954.
The Origin of Type Designs
Standish, John K., et al.
Portland: Portland Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1955.
An Atlas of Typeforms
Sutton, James and Alan Bartram.
Hartfordshire: Wordsorth Editions, 1968.
Letters of Credit
Tracy, Walter
Boston: David R. Godine, 1986.
The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design
Tschichold, Jan
Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1991.
Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
Tschichold, Jan
New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Theory and Practice of Presswork
United States Government Printing Office
Washington, DC, 1948.
Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use
Updike, D.B.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1937.
Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966.
The Well-Made Book
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
New York: Mark Batty, 2002.
A Brief History of Printing
Walker, Emery
L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1911.
Bruce Rogers: Designer of Books
Warde, Frederic
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.
A Memoir of the Origin of Printing
Willet, Ralph
Forest Hills, NY: Battery Park Book Company, 1978.
Methods of Book Design
Williamson, Hugh
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.
The Design of Books
Wilson, Adrian
New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1967.
Gutenberg to Plantin: An Outline of The Early History of Printing
Winship, George Parker
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.
Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments
Zapf, Herman
Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2008.
