An Introduction to the History of Printing Types: An Illustrated Summary of the Main Stages in the Development of Type Design from 1440 Up to the Present Day : An Aid to Type Face Identification

<p>Reprint of the 1961 edition. This work is a succint and authoritative account, lavishly illustrated, of the evolution of type design from the earliest Blackletters to present day forms. The book is divided into two parts, "Book Types" and "Display Types," and each is treated chronologically and arranged in groups with similar characteristics which are defined and illustrated. Reference is made to current equivalents. Practically all illustrations have been reproduced in facsimile and many sources have been searched to obtain representative examples. Fully documented notes accompany each typeface and provide the reader with a wealth of material for study, while appendixes cover elements of design such as stress and serif. For everyone concerned with the proper use of the hundreds of type faces now available, this book provides the essential framework on which can be built an appreciative understanding of the rich heritage of expressive letter design that lies in the printer's case. It simplifies the problem of identifying unfamiliar types and encourages that confidence in handling a variety of type faces which comes from an understanding of their origins, history and uses. This work belongs on the bookshelf of every printer, publisher, graphic designer, and student of the printing and publishing arts. Illustrated. Pages show some wrinkling along bottom. xxiv, 277 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. large 8vo..</p>

Engineering & Transportation

Dowding, Geoffrey

Engineering

Oak Knoll Press & The British Library

Worlds of Print : Diversity in the Book Trade

Hinks, John

Armstrong, Catherine (eds.)

Business & Money

A history of the rare and second-hand book trade in Great Britain in the 20th Century.Out of Print & Into Profit is a fitting monument to the ABA. Most rare-book aficionados will find something of interest in this collection.The Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) celebrated its centennial in 2006 and published this dense and excellent collection of essays to commemorate the anniversary. Most of the authors belong to the organization, which counts among its members the most venerable dealers in the United Kingdom. Giles Mandelbrote, the editor and a curator at the British Library, wisely solicited essays from other librarians, auctioneers, scholars, and even a magazine editor or two, and their commentaries leaven the mix.In the introduction, Mandelbrote gives a nice overview of the socioeconomic forces that drove the English trade during its golden age in the nineteenth century. This serves as a prologue to the book's focus, which is the trade in the twentieth century. The Internet has not yet completely transformed British bookselling in the way it has revolutionized the business of books in the United States, so it is perhaps appropriate that this anthology deliberately keeps its focus on the pre-Internet era. That editorial decision, while understandable, makes Out of Print an elegy for the past more than an analysis of the present or a prediction of the future.As with all such collections, the quality of the essays-twenty-two in number-varies widely. A few are no more than annotated lists in narrative form recording the names of memorable bookstores or catalogers. The best essays, however, offer a balance of personal experience, well-researched history, and that ineffable quality of anecdotal reminiscence that falls under the mystical rubric of lore.

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