Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Stempel AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very good+ condition. Oblong octavo (8vo). [iv], 1-100 (leaves), [viii]. Hardcover binding: gilt lettered vellum spine is lightly soiled with blind-stamped dark grey paper-covered boards with minimal shelfwear and rubbing to corners. Lacks the dustjacket, but is protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Original grey paper-covered slipcase with seams split or splitting, with a two inch loss to bottom panel. One page torn over one inch affecting only the margin. 100 typographic specimens in 2 ... read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1970. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Acceptable. 1970. 100 Typographic pages with quotations from past and present on types and printing in 16 different languages. Cloth, dj., obling 8vo., 123 pp. Dj. is very worn, including an open tear at the back. Binding is detached from spine, but otherwise book is quite sound. A very good working copy. (Subject: Typography. ) read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: M. I. T. Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780262740043ISBN:0262740044
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0262740044. One hundred typographic pages are exhibited in this book, consisting of alphabets and quotations printed in various type styles designed or selected by Hermann Zapf, reknowned type designer, calligrapher and book designer. The quotations selected by the author concern types and printing, and are in 16 languages (translations included). Introductory comment by Paul Standard. Bound in blue wraps with white lettering; 123 pp.; includes Typographical ... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Date Published: 1954
Description: Near Fine. First Edition. c.1954. Limited Edition. 1/1000 copies. Signed by Hermann Zapf. Hardcover. Rectangular 4to. Vellum spine with gilt titles, blindstamped paper-covered boards. One hundred typographic specimens in 2-color on one hundred sheets numbered in blind. Quotations set in sixteen languages with types of the D. Stempel AG at Frankfurt Am Main and historic faces taken from that foundry"s archives. Printed by Heinrich Egenolf at the House Printing-Office. Near Fine. Very light ... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Z Presse, Museum Books, Frankfurt, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very good with slight fading to boards. Mylar jacket. 100 typographical arrangements with considerations about types, typography and the art of printing selected from past and present, printed in eighteen languages. Vellum backed boards, 31cm., unpaginated. Number 483 of 975 copies signed by Hermann Zapf. The designs for the present edition of the Manuale typographicum originated between 1954 and 1968, following the publication in oblong quarto of Manuale Typographicum (1954). Printed at the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Museum Books, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: VG. (German sheets with NY imprint) 1 of 1000 copies of the first edition. Inscribed on flyleaf "With best wishes Hermann Zapf". Small elegant book label of a graphic designer on paste down. Fine copy in fine dust jacket and slipcase, protected by the original cardboard box. read more
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Cloth Spine/Paper Boards
Publisher: Museum Books Inc., New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Near Fine + Number 195 of 1000. "Quoted Texts of Manuale Typographicum in Original or Rendered English" pamphlet present in pasted-in paper band holder at rear pastedown. Spine very slightly darkened with gilt title, corners very gently bumped. Text pristine. Faint foxing near spine at free endpapers. In VG+ original publisher's cardboard slipcase with slightly rubbed corners and a few minor stains. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. read more
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