Selections from Letterform Archive
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Letterform Archive has one of the world’s best collections of typographic history. With over 60,000 objects, there are hundreds of duplicates to be deaccessioned, and the nonprofit organization has reserved the rarest of these gems for its first-ever auction. Swann Galleries is honored present this offering of type specimens, periodicals, ephemera and books by giants of typographic design from the past two centuries.
1
Fournier le jeune.
Manuel Typographique, Utile au gens de Lettres, & a ceux qui exercent les differentes parties de l’Art de l’Imprimerie.
Paris: Imprime par l’Auteur & Chez Barbou, 1764.
12mos, approx 6¾ inches tall. Vol 1, engraved frontispiece, xxxii, 323, errata page, (4), 16 inserted folding etched plates at rear. Vol 2, frontis, title, xliv, (2), 306pp, including a few fold-out illustrations of music scores within text pages, one printed in black and red, later full polished calf, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt at spine, marbled endpapers, edges stained red (ex-library with blind stamps to title pages, and ink stamps to versos, stain to lower edge of Vol 1, moderate rubbing, dusting and mild damp stains to top edges, else very good). Written by, and featuring the type faces of Pierre-Simon Fournier (Fournier le Jeune).
2 volumes.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
2
[specimen book — enschede, j., lettergietery].
Proef van Letteren, Welk gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery.
[Presumably Haarlem], 1768.
Octavo, 16-page introduction, or manifesto of sorts, in script-styled font, portrait leaf, followed by a collection of type specimens, bound in contemporary speckled calf tooled in gilt with repeated floral decoration at corners and within 5 of the 6 spine compartments, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece to one compartment, marbled endpapers (library paper label at upper corner of front cover, covers worn, slightly sprung, a few stains, a hint of marginal foxing within, though largely clean, first signatures pushed forward, else a solid copy). Provenance: Lengthy inscription by RF Schierbeck (?), Amsterdam, 30 Sept, 1862 at front blank, Bookplate of a printing guild (Boekerij van de Federatie der Werkgevers Organisatien in het Boekdrukkers Bedrijf) which is adorned with dolphins and serpents, additional marginal ink stamp at title-page.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
3
Assenio, d. francisco and mejorada.
Geometria de la Letra Romana Mayuscula y Minuscula…
Madrid: Andres Ramirez, 1780.
Octavo, 72 numbered pages, including full-page diagrams illustrating the correct proportions of Roman letters, 2 pages at rear, trimmed and rebound in modern marbled papered boards, refreshed endpapers (minor edgewear, ink stamp to upper margin of title-page, else very good).
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
4
[writing manual]. weber, johann gottfried.
Allgemein Univeisung der neuesten Schonschreibtunst…
Duisburg: Helmingschen Universitats Buchhandlung, (1784).
Small oblong quarto, illustrations of how to hold a pen, sizes of quills, and letter samples, in contemporary ¾ morocco and paste paper boards; quite worn, vertical crease across front board, lesser to rear, else good. Bookplates of Brom Ultrai and J. A. Dortmond to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
5
Torio de la riva y herrero, torcuato (1759 - 1820).
Arte de Escribir por Reglas y con muestras, segun la Doctrina de los mejores Autores Antiquos y Modernos, Estrangeros y Nacionales, Acompanado de Unos Principios de Aritmetica, Gramatica, y Ortografia Castellana…
Madrid: Viuda de Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1802.
Octavo, engraved title, xxxi, (1), 445, (1), and 58 engraved plates, bound in contemporary limp vellum (soiling and wear to covers, paper split at front hinge, some signatures pushed forward, occasional soiling within, largely at beginning and end, else a very good copy), with an inscription to front free endpaper that reads “Este libro es para el uso de Antonio Herrero.” Housed in cloth clamshell box.
Estimate
$400 – $600
19th Century Specimen Books
6
[specimen book — alexander wilson & sons].
Specimen of Printing Types.
Glasgow: Alexander Wilson & Sons, 1819.
Early, 8 page letterpress type specimen, 10½x8 inches, 26.75x20.5 cm.
Estimate
$300 – $400
7
[specimen book — j. g. schelter & giesecke].
Proben J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Erster Band.
Leipzig: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, 1899.
Quarto, 7¾x10¾ inches, 572 + 52pp., text both in modern and gothic German, with additional color chapter title leaves inserted, publisher’s blue cloth, front cover embossed and polychromatic pictorially stamped (front board bearing a crack and crease near top of right edge, rubbing, soiling, extremities frayed, shaken with title-page loose, else good).
Volume 1 only.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
8
Johnson, john.
Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor…
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, etc., 1824.
Thick 16mos, approx 5 inches tall, Vol. 1 with portrait frontispiece, illustrated title-page, title-page, (viii), xii, 609 pages, (1), 10 page index. Vol 2, portrait frontispieces, illustrated title-page, title-page, ad leaf, 4 page table of contents, 663 numbered pages, example page, 10-page index, 2 page poem by Mr. Dodd, numerous type specimens, charts, diagrams within text pages, publisher’s brown cloth, paper label to spine (Vol. 1 rubbed, cloth frayed, label chipped, Vol. 2, shaken, front cover nearly detached, tears at spine, one through label, which has significant rubbing with loss, overall rubbing, edgewear with slight loss to spine ends, soiling, else a fair to good copy). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
2 volumes.
Estimate
$200 – $300
9
[specimen book — joh. enschedé en zonen].
Proeve van Letteren Eerste [& Tweede] Verlvoog.
Haarlem, 1830 and 1836.
Two folio volumes, 10 1/4 x 16 inches, vol. I: 20 unnumbered leaves, printed on laid paper, bound in publisher’s stiff paper boards; vol. II: 5 unnumbered leaves and one smaller-format sheet, all on wove paper, bound in publisher’s limp printed paper wrappers; contents of both volumes with specimens of type, vignettes, and ornaments; some large wood-engraved vignettes. Rare, OCLC lists two copies of vol. I, at the Library University of Amsterdam & Columbia University; vol. II only listed in one copy worldwide, also at Amsterdam.
Estimate
$400 – $600
10
[specimen book — joh. enschede en zonen].
Proebe van Drukletteren.
Haarlem, 1841.
Octavo, rebound with original front cover pasted down, a collection of font and border samples, and designs; a couple pages with fonts samples excised, dampstaining and spotting, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
11
[specimen book — n. tetterode].
Proeve van Letteren, van N. Tetterode, Lettergieter te Amsterdam, Tweed Gedeelte (Second Section).
Rotterdam, 1856. Drukkerij van.
Slim quarto, approx 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches tall, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt (only 1/3 of backstrip remains, rubbing, soiling, front hinge cracked, rear starting, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Printed by M. Wijt & Zonen.
Estimate
$400 – $600
12
[specimen book — c. derriey].
Gravure et Fonderie de C. Derriey: Specimen-Album.
Paris, 1862.
Folio, approx 12 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches, examples of decorations and layouts, not so focused on fonts, includes color printing, bound in publisher’s blue pebbled cloth ruled and decorated in blind at boards, decorated and lettered in gilt at spine, marbled endpapers; covers worn through at corners and spine ends with minor loss, tears along joints, rear hinge cracked, general moderate rubbing and soiling, less so within, else very good).
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
13
[specimen book — la fonderie a. bertrand].
Le Le Guide Indispensable des Imprimeurs, Papetiers, Brocheurs, Relieurs, & Doreurs. A. Bertrand… Tarif General des Ustensiles et Specimen des Caracters d’Imprimerie…
Paris: A. Bertrand, no date (ca. 1880).
Octavo, approx 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches tall, a collection of type specimens, publisher’s red cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt (rubbing, worming, spine cocked, front endpaper somewhat discolored, otherwise bright internally, very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
14
[specimen book — roos & junge].
Preis-Courant von Roos & Junge Schriftgiesserei.
Offenbach am Main, [n.d. c. 1880].
Large quarto, 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, chromolithographic title with metallic ink, other similarly printed display leaves and divisional titles, with type, ornaments, and vignettes illustrated throughout, bound in full contemporary brown cloth, ornately stamped in low relief and gilt binding by Hüber & Denck of Leipzig (binding shaken, tears to covering material, losses at head and tail; at least five leaves removed, other leaves cropped or with small sections cut out; most pages and gaps supplied in photocopy facsimile). Rare, OCLC locates only the Newberry Library copy.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
15
Grasset, eugene. gravure et impression par charles gillot. introduction et notes
Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon.
Paris: H. Launette, 1883.
Quarto, approx 9 1/4 x 11 1/4(6), 224 numbered pages, (16), profusely illustrated with beautiful Art Nouveau color plates, decorations, and borders, by Grasset, printed in the “Gillotage” color method invented by Charles Gillot, publisher’s pictorial wrappers (spine with vertical splits, stitching becoming loose, minor bumps and wear to extremities, else very good, internally clean with vibrant color). Housed in cloth clamshell box. Ray, 357; Vicaire IV, page 142.
Edition of 100 copies on Japanese vellum.
Estimate
$500 – $750
16
[specimen book — international specimen exchange].
The Printers’ International Specimen Exchange: With an Introduction by the Editor of The Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Vol. VIII.
London: Office of the Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Field & Tuer, “The Leadenhall Press,” E.C., 1887.
Thick quarto, approx 9 x 11 inches tall, 9 pages of commentary and list of contributors, 369 leaves of specimens, widely varied print techniques, colors and inks, paper stock, etc., deckle edges, publisher’s full vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, soiling and rubbing to covers, and less so to bulked edges, occasional marginal toning within, very occasional foxing, endpapers faded as well as some colored paper stock, else solid.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
17
[specimen book — fundicao de typos da imprensa nacional].
Provas da Fundicao de Typos da Imprensa Nacional.
Lisbon, 1888.
Quarto, approx 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches tall, type specimens from small to large, decorations at rear, bound in 20th century half-morocco and marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments, tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece to one compartment, foxing to renewed endpapers, very occasional foxing and minor soiling within, rubbing to edges, heaviest at corners and spine ends, else very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
18
[specimen book — fonderie turlot].
Spécimen Général.
Paris: Henri Chaix, gendre, et Cie., [n.d. c.1900].
Folio, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, twelve parts in one volume, with divisional title pages for each part, advertising type, numbers, ornaments, and vignettes based on style, illustrated throughout, with depictions of different aspects of the type- and ornament-making process; including type for newspapers, posters, and mathematical imprints, in addition to foreign characters, display fonts, and hundreds of Art Nouveau vignettes; with a mimeographed letter from the Turlot firm inserted; bound in publisher’s green cloth, title stamped on title and spine, (shaken, chips to front board, corners rubbed, front joint starting, back board almost complete detached; without pages 5-8 in the third section), ex-libris Tholenaar with bookplate inside front board.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
19
[specimen book — schriftgiesserei julius klinkhardt].
Gesamt-Probe der Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt.
Leipzig and Wien: Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt, no date (1890).
Quarto, approx 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 496pp, a collection of type specimens and decorations, several folding illustrations printed on cheaper paper at rear, publisher’s brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt, decorative endpapers, marbled edges, both hinges cracked but holding, cloth over joints split and frayed, rubbing, soiling, cover slightly sprung, illustrations at rear with tears and toning, else good to very good. Company advertisement pasted-down at front free endpaper, a generic bookplate with “W. Kaiser, Bern” hand written and Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.
From the Tholenaar Collection.
Estimate
$300 – $400
20
[specimen book — british printers’ international specimen exchange].
The Printers’ International Specimen Exchange. Vol. XI.
London: Office of “The British Printer”, 1890.
Quarto, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, a collection of page lay-outs, printing technique samples, bound in 3/4 morocco and pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, heavy rubbing to covers, edges frayed, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
21
[specimen book — wilhelm woellmer].
Muster-Sammlung von Wilhelm Woellmer’s Schriftgiesserei und Messinglinienfabrik Stempelschneiderei.
Gravir -Anstalt Berlin, [1894].
Quarto, approx 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches tall, xvi, 407, (1), 8pp, fonts, borders, decorations on varied stock, mostly printed in black , bound in publisher’s polychrome pictorially stamped cloth by Mubel & Denck, decorative endpapers, edges marbled, bookplate advertising Hungarian representative in Budapest affixed to front paste-down (frays and tears along joints and corners, rubbing and soiling, front hinge cracked, else good to very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
22
[specimen book — american type founders].
Dickinson Type Foundry/Dalton Phelps, (Boston, 1894).
Quarto, approx 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches tall, (lacks first page, presumably title-page), (14), 17-439pp, a collection of fonts, rebound in red library buckram lettered in gilt at spine, and in fresh endpapers (numerous cellotape repairs within, a few additional pages chipped at edges, moisture stain at fore-edge, mild rubbing to covers, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
23
[mackellar, smiths and jordan foundry].
1796 - 1896, One Hundred Years: MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan Foundry.
Philadelphia, 1896.
Slim folio, approx 11 3/4 x 15 inches, 95pp, a history of the firm, maroon printed half-tone illustrations within text, on coated stock, title-page polychromatic, bound in publisher’s cream cloth, pictorially stamped in brown and gilt, decorative endpapers; somewhat shaken, spine ends chipped with loss, uneven toning, soiling and general wear to covers, chips to edges of endpapers, pages clean, a good copy. With detailed and illustrated descriptions of the typefounding process.
Estimate
$200 – $300
24
[specimen book — schelter & giesecke].
Rokoko-Ranken.
J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig, 1898.
Soft-bound type specimen book, 10 3/4 x7 1/4 inches, 27x18.5 cm.
Estimate
$150 – $200
Turn of the Century Specimen Books
25
[specimen book — bauer’schen giesserei].
Musterbuch der Bauer’schen Giesserei.
Frankfurt and Barcelona, 1900.
Quarto, approx 8 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 516 numbered pages, color inserted chapter leaves, a collection of numerous types and decorations with descriptive text in German, publisher’s brown buckram elaborately embossed in blind, lettered in gilt, a silver eagle within red diamond logo at center of front cover, recased in sympathetic buckram with original backstrip laid-down, which has since begun to peel, mild rubbing and soiling, a paragraph from page 75 has been excised, photo copies of text of both recto and verso of leaf laid-in, perhaps 2 preliminary pages excised at front, mild foxing to a few leaves, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
26
[specimen book — a. vanderborght & dumont].
Foderie & Gravure Typographiques A. Vanderborght & Dumont.
A. & F. Vanderborght, (1900).
Thick quarto, approx 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches tall, a collection of fonts ancient and modern, Ecritures Grecs & Gothiques Fantaisies, Signes, Divers, Lettrines, Initiales, Chiffres, Chapterheads printed on colored stock, bound in publisher’s quarter-black morocco and dark blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth largely faded to charcoal, gilt dull, significant rubbing with small chips, bumps and frays to spine ends and corners, dusting and spots to bulked edges, one leaf loose, overall clean and solid internally, good or better. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
27
[specimen book — fonderie & g. peignot & fils, paris].
Album d’Applications des Nouvelles Créations Françaises.
Paris, 1901.
Small quarto, 11½ x 9 inches, illustrated with over 70 pages of Jugendstil type specimens printed in various inks. Introductory essay by F. Thibaudeau titled “Le Style Français en Typographie Moderne,” original printed boards, some edgewear and blistering; hinges reinforced. Ex-collection Dutch typophile Jan Tholenaar, with his bookplate.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
28
[specimen book — fonderie g. peignot & fils].
Specimen General. Tome I: Materiel, Filets, Fantaisies Classiques et Modernes, Vignettes, Ornements. Tome II: Types de Journaux et de Labeurs, Caracteres d’Editions. Materiel d’Installation.
Paris: Creations Francaises en Typographie Moderne, 1900 (but varied dates from 1900-1903 within each section).
Quartos, approx 8 x 10 1/4 inches tall, several chapter sections separately paginated and bound within each volume, each section with it’s own color lithograph title-page, bearing the Fonderie G. Peignot et Fils imprint and 40 to 70pp each within volume 1, bearing many color lithograph pages, while volume 2 is traditionally paginated to 202 and less elaborately printed, with color chapter title-pages and frequent 2 color printing. Bound in publisher’s half-calf and papered boards decoratively stamped in gilt to volume 1 and in peach to the cover of volume 2, both spines with raised bands, stamped in blind, decorative endpapers (vol 1 shaken with front joint starting from top, a split near rear hinge within the final chapter, also bears heavy rubbing, and moderate soiling, else good, with only mild marginal toning within; vol 2 is brighter in appearance, still significant rubbing, tears to surface, on whole a good copy). Both with Tholenaar bookplates to front paste-downs, volume 2 with additional bookplate of Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, Uppsala at upper corner of front paste-down.
2 volumes.
Estimate
$400 – $600
29
[specimen book — schriftgiesserei genzch & heyse].
Proben von Schriften Initialen und Verzierungen.
Hamburg, 1902.
Thick octavo, xxiv, 536pp, inserted title leaves heading various chapters on color stock inserted, publisher’s green cloth pictorially stamped in black, edges stained red (shaken, front hinge cracked, two short vertical tears to center of spine, heavy rubbing to edges and joints, minor soiling, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
30
[specimen book — johan enschedé].
Ornamenten Hoofdlijsten en Sluitstukken.
Joh. Enschedé & Zonen, Haarlem, 1904.
Soft-bound type specimen book, 11 5/8 x 8 inches, 29.5 x 20 cm.
Estimate
$100 – $150
31
De vinne, theodore low, a.m.
1. A Treatise on… Plain Printing Types — 2. Treatise on Title-Pages — 3. Correct Composition (second edition) — 4. Modern Methods of Book Compostion.
New York: The Century Co., 1900, 1902, 1902, 1904.
12mo, approx 7 5/8 inches tall, illustrated, graphs, charts, etc. in publisher’s brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine with lettering pieces, top edges gilt (general visible rubbing to edges, lettering pieces a bit rubbed and faded, soiling, dusting to bulked edges, else solid, practice of typography a bit shaken, overall about very good copies).
4 titles from The Practice of Typography. 4 volumes.
Provenance: 1. Hal Marchbanks bookplate to front paste-down, “Jeseph F. Weiler… From Emily Connor” penned note. — 2. Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down. — Hal Marchbanks bookplate and pen notation “Joseph F. 3. Weiler from E.E.C. at front paste-down. — 4. “From the books of Crosby Gaige” label pasted down to front paste-down, “Bought at Auction - Joseph F. Weiler” in pen at top of front paste-down.
Estimate
$350 – $500
32
[specimen book — damon & peets].
Types and Borders, Ornaments and Brass Rules, Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Printers’ Supplies.
New York: Damon & Peets, no date.
Octavo, 592pp, publisher’s red cloth pictorially stamped in black, decorative endpapers, edges stained red, shaken, split after front free endpaper, covers frayed at spine ends and corners, which are bumped , soiling, else good. Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.
(1904 hand-written above imprint).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
33
[specimen book — auriol, george].
Caractère Auriol Labeur.
Paris: G. Peignot & Fils,1904.
Quarto, 11 x 8 inches, 28 x 20.25 cm, original illustrated wrappers. 18pps.
Estimate
$100 – $150
34
[specimen book — keune, heinz].
Die Rose als Buchschmuck: Rosenzierat Serie 534 und 535.
Schelter & Giesecke, 1905.
Quarto, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 28 x 22 cm, original pictorial wrappers, contains type specimen of decorative, floral elements.
Estimate
$150 – $250
35
[specimen book and trade catalogue — american line type].
American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments, Price List Printing Material and Machinery.
American Type Founders Co., 1906.
Thick quarto, approx 10 3/4 inches tall, xxx, 1181pp, illustrated with type specimens and engravings of available equipment, publisher’s red cloth, pictorially stamped in black decorative endpapers, edges stained red, errata slip tipped-in at front free endpapers, preliminaries shaken with pp xxvi-xxx loose, a few tears to edges, general edgewear, light dusting, else very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$100 – $150
36
[specimen book — k. van leeuwen].
Letterboek voor den Teekenaarena Ambachtsman Door K. Van Leeuwen.
Amsterdam: G. Schreuders, [1907].
Oblong folio, approximately 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches, 4-page introduction, 54 loose sheets of fonts and designs; portfolio soiled and worn, contents with a few pencil marks, but largely fine. Bookplate of Papierhandel C. Piekart, Amsterdam.
Estimate
$100 – $150
37
[specimen book — stephenson, blake & co. and sir charles reed & sons].
Specimens of Point Line Type: Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules, Printing Material, Machinery.
London: Stephenson, Blake & Co., and Sir Charles Reed & Sons, [1907].
Quarto, publisher’s decorative polychromatic stamped cloth, contains type specimens and decorations manufactured at Sheffield Foundry; covers worn and soiled, hinges cracked but holding, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$200 – $300
38
[specimen book — johan enschedé].
Ornament-Seriën, 1 Vervolg.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, 1908.
Quarto, 11 5/8 x 8 inches, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, 16 pages, original printed wrappers, ornamental type specimens throughout.
Estimate
$120 – $180
39
Keim, franz. illustrated by carl otto czeschka.
Die Nibelungen Dem Deutschen Volke.
Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach and Wiedling, no date (1908).
Small octavo, 5 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 8 double-page illustrations heightened with gold and several small black-and-white vignettes, initials, head- and tailpieces throughout, publisher’s cloth-backed gray papered boards stamped in black, decorative endpapers; small recent label to upper corner of front cover, dampstains, slight bowing, else very good. Bookplates of F. Fey and Tholenaar to front paste-down. Number 22 in the series Gerlach’s Jugendbucherei.
Estimate
$400 – $600
40
[specimen book and trade catalogue — keystone products]
Catalogue and Specimen Book. Keystone Products, Consisting of Type, Material Furniture, Complete Line of Miscellaneous Supplies for Printers and Publishers. Machinery and Wood Goods.
Keystone Type Foundry, [Philadelphia], no date (ca. 1909).
Folio, approx 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches, (6), 649 numbered pages, two color illustrations of company HQ and satellite offices, numerous type samples and illustrations of machinery etc., rebound in green buckram-backed marbled papered boards with fresh gray-green endpapers (moderate wear and soiling, very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
41
[periodical — various designers/belgium]
Le Boeuf Illustré.
Brussels, 1903-1909.
Octavo, 12-20 pages, each including wrappers, staple-bound (a couple in tattered or separated wrappers, most very good). Tholenaar bookplate to verso of wrappers.
An incomplete run of 23 issues.
Estimate
$400 – $600
42
[specimen book — k. van leeuwen].
Moderne Randen / Krachtige Silhouette-Ornamenten.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem. 1909.
Quarto, 12 x 8 1/8 inches, 30.5 x 20.5 cm, ornamental border specimen book.
Estimate
$100 – $150
43
[specimen book — friedr. wolfrum & co.].
Modern Graphik, Serie I… Mercantile Originalarbeiten zum praktischen Gebrauch fur Lithographen. Buchdrucker und verwandte Gewerbe.
Wien and Leipzig, Fried. Wolfrum & Co., 1909.
Portfolio, approx 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches tall, containing 48 leaves of sample designs printed in color on coated stock, unbound in 3/4 cloth and pictorial printed paper portfolio, cloth tie (significant wear and soiling to portfolio, contents with only minor soiling and wear, mostly marginal, very good).
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
44
[specimen books —three 3 dutch printing catalogues].
Group of three Dutch Printing and Art of the Book Exhibition Catalogs.
Various sizes, the first two in publisher’s cloth and elaborately stamped, the third in original wrappers; all samples of printing design in varied color inks; all with wear, good to very good. Tholenaar bookplates to front paste-downs and verso of wrappers.
Catalogs van de Internationale Tentoonstelling der Vereeniging tot Bevordering van de Belangen van den Boekhandel, Amsterdam, 1892. — Cagalogues der Tentoonstelling van Hulpmiddelen voor den Boekhandel, 1881 — Nationale Tentoonstelling Boek… Amsterdam, 1910. All Dutch, 1881-1910. 3 Volumes,
Estimate
$250 – $350
45
[specimen book — wilhelm woellmer’s schriftgiesserei].
Wilhelm Woellmer’s Schriftgiesserei Berlin SW Hauptprobe der Schrifgiesserei und Messinglinien-Fabrik.
[Berlin, ca. 1910].
Quarto, approx 8 3/4 x 11 inches tall, xvi, 404pp, inserted chapter leaves printed on thick colored stock, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in gilt, 0covers worn, contents clean, endpapers and colored stock with minor fading, good to very good. Bookplate of Exel Kiorboe & Co., Copenhagen, to front free endpaper and Tholenaar bookplate to front pastedown.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
46
[specimen book — schriftgiesserei flinsch].
Schriftgiesserei Flinsch.
Frankfurt a. M., no date (ca. 1910s).
Thick octavo, a catalogue of type and decorations, publisher’s maroon cloth pictorially stamped in black and blue with an oval press motif at front cover, decorative endpapers (shaken, front hinge cracked but holding, rear starting, tears and frays around joints and edges, rubbing, soiling, else internally clean, good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
From the Tholenaar Collection.
Estimate
$500 – $750
47
[specimen book — h. w. caslon]
Specimens of Types & Borders and Illustrated Catalogue of Printers’ Joinery and Materials.
London: H. W. Caslon & Co., [1911].
Thick quarto, 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, type specimens, borders, and engravings of equipment for sale; covers worn and soiled, recased and since split at upper joint, internally clean, good.
Estimate
$400 – $600
48
[specimen book — rudolf geyer].
Wiener Grotesk.
H. Berthold, Berlin, 1912.
Octavo, 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches, 15.5 x 24.5 cm, original wrappers, type specimen book, with insert.
Estimate
$100 – $150
49
[specimen book —rudolf koch].
Halbfette Deutsche Schrift.
Gebrüder Klingspoor, Offenbach, 1913.
Quarto, 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 29 x 21.75 cm, original printed wrappers, 22pps.
From the Tholenaar Collection
Estimate
$120 – $180
50
[specimen book — klingspor ].
Fine Anzahl wervoller Schriften Geschnitten und herausgegeben von Gebr. Klingspor Offenbach A. M.
Offenbach, 1914.
Octavo, a collection of type samples, publisher’s textured papered boards, printed label to front cover, cosmetic crack along upper hinge, slightly sprung, rubbing, chips with minute loss to extremities, good or better, internally clean. Printed for exhibition in Leipzig and Koln. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$250 – $350
51
[specimen book — bauerschen giesserei].
Hauptprobe in Gedragter Form der Bauerschen Giesserei Frankfurt am Main…
Presumably Frankfurt, ca. 1915.
Quarto, approx 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches tall, 312pp of fonts, borders, decorations, publisher’s charcoal cloth stamped in gray and gilt, decorative endpapers bearing logo, small notice that prices may not be valid tipped-in at front free endpaper, ad for Finnish representative laid down at front paste-down, moderate rubbing and soiling, extremities frayed, a couple spots worn through, internally clean and tight, else very good.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
52
[specimen book — lettergieterij “amsterdam” voorheen n. tettenrode].
Letterproef der Lettergieterij “Amsterdam” Voorheen N. Tettenrode, Specimen General…
[Amsterdam, 1916].
Thick quarto, approx 8 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, 720pp, a collection of samples, originally in separate booklets but continuously paginated, bound in beige cloth, decoratively stamped in red and gilt with original stiff wrappers bound-in, decorative endpapers, errata slip tipped-in, moderate rubbing and soiling, foxing to some bound-in wrappers, spots and dusting to bulked edges, else very good. Laid-in: duplicate page fragment. Perhaps the largest collection of Amsterdam specimens in a single volume. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$350 – $500
53
Koch, rudolf.
Die Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild [The foundry in silhouettes].
Offenbach am Main: Privately printed, Gbr. Klingspor, [1918].
Oblong quarto, approx 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall, 26 leaves, 24 printed in black and red, all to rectos only, in publisher’s pictorial papered boards printed in black and red (covers spotted and soiled, rubbing, most heavily to corners and spine ends, upper corners bumped, internally clean except minor toning, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
One of the 31 books chosen to represent the twentieth-century in the “Printing and the Mind of Man” exhibition in 1963. Koch enjoyed a reputation in Germany similar to that of Eric Gill in Britain.
Estimate
$350 – $500
54
Dwiggins, w.a.
Extracts from An Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books, as they are at present published.
Boston: Published for the Society of Calligraphers by W. A. Dwiggins and L. B. Siegfried, 1919.
Octavo, 24 page pamphlet, illustrated, pictorial wrappers, string binding; removal from scrapbook (?) damaging rear wrapper, offsetting from bookplate to title-page, else very good. Bookplate of Lester Douglas.
Estimate
$250 – $350
1920s Specimen Books & Dada
55
Picabia, francis
Dada 4-5, Reveil Matin (Alarm Clock).
Zurich (?), 1919.
Poster, approx 7 1/2 x 10 inches, reproducing the title-page of the periodical; two small chips, mild toning, else very good.
Estimate
$600 – $900
56
[specimen book — hamilton wood type].
Hamilton Type Faces… Catalog No. 18.
Two Rivers, WI: Hamilton Manufacturing Company, no date (ca. 1920s).
Slim folio, approx 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches, 96pp, printed in red and black, bound in publisher’s cloth-backed decorative wrappers, printed in red and black on textured stock; covers soiled, creased and worn, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to verso of upper wrapper.
Cover features the font “Cooper Black”, one of the most popular wood fonts, designed in 1921 by Oswald Bruce Cooper, quickly adopted by Hamilton Wood Type (still an operating firm in Two Rivers, WI). You may know this font from “Tootsie Rolls” for use with The Beatles and The Beach Boys, or Apple computer advertising. (Source: The International Print Museum).
Estimate
$400 – $600
57
[specimen book — max salzmann].
Beispiele Moderner Druckarbeiten in Dolmen U Zierdolmen J. G. Schelter & Giesecke Zschriftgieberei in Leipzig.
J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig, no date (ca. 1920s).
Slim quarto, approx 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, paginated 2313-2344, publisher’s saddle-stitched decorative wrappers, paper overlay at spine, minor wear, spots and toning, else very good.
Estimate
$120 – $180
58
Lagarde, paul de.
Das verborgene Deutschland.
[Offenbach: Gebr. Klingspor, 1920].
Slim quarto, approx 7 x 9 1/2 inches, 12pp, endpapers, publisher’s decorated boards; toning, wear to edges of boards, very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Dedicated to Rudolf Koch Klingspor.
Estimate
$350 – $500
59
Tzara, tristan, editor-publisher.
Dadaphone, No. 7.
Paris, 1920.
Quarto, 8pp including wrappers, illustrated, stitched; moderate toning and wear, very good. A scarce and wonderful example of Dada graphic design.
Cover art by Francis Picabia, additional contributions by Paul Eluard, Andre Breton and others.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
60
Seuphor, michel [f.l. berkelaers] & peeters, jozef.
Het Overzicht Nos. 22-23-24.
Antwerp. 1922
3 issues in one. Title illustration after Paul Joostens, 1 linocut by Jozef Peeters and illustrations after Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Behrens-Hangeler. Text contributions by F. Berckelaers/M. Seuphor, P. van Ostaijen, K. Schwitters, R. Vasari, J. Vinéa, with 1 smaller linocut illustration, facsimile of a music manuscript by Prokofiëff. Folio, 10 x 13 3/8 inches, 25 x 34 cm. Original wrappers with linocut cover by Peeters (“Cabaret,”) original wrappers, complete loss through upper left corner; vertical crease down center of front cover; tears and creases at edges and along spine.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
61
[specimen book — f.h. ernst schneidler].
Die Schneidler Werk-Latien.
J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig. Circa 1921.
Soft-bound type specimen book. 11 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches, 29 x 20.5 cm.
Estimate
$80 – $120
62
[specimen book — typographer unknown].
Arabisch, Türkisch und andere Islamitische Sprachen.
Stempel, Frankfurt. 1922.
Soft-bound type specimen book of Arabic and Turkish typography, 38 pp, in original printed wrappers. 8 3/4/ x 11 3/8 inches, 22.5 x 29 cm
Estimate
$300 – $400
62A
[specimen book — various type designers.]
Berthold [Catalogue of Hebrew and Jewish Types].
H. Berthold, Berlin, 1924.
Slim quarto, approx 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches, a catalogue of Hebrew fonts and numerous designs and page layouts, many printed in color, bound in publisher’s cloth-backed textured papered boards, color embossed paper label to both boards, decorative endpapers; bowed, minor wear to corners of boards, overall clean, very good.
Estimate
$150 – $200
63
[specimen book — richard gans fundicion tipografica].
Richard Gans Fundicion Tipografica / Taller Mecanico / Grabado Muestrario.
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, etc., [1922].
Folio, approx 9 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches tall, a collection of type specimens, various specialty samples tipped-in, mostly printed in black with color borders, publisher’s brown cloth-backed decorative papered boards pictorially stamped in blue and silver at front cover with gryphon motif, decorative endpapers (hinges tender, spine ends frayed at joints, rubbing mostly to edges, with a few bumps and chips, one crease at upper corner of front cover, internally sound and clean, good or better). Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
64
Schnackenberg, walter.
Schnackenberg: Kostüme / Plakate und Dekorationen.
Munich: Musarion, 1922
Second Edition. Introductory text by Oskar Bie. Small folio, 13¼ x 10¼ inches. 43 plates, most are beautifully colored in pochoir. Publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly bowed, extremities scuffed, tips bumped with some residual soft creasing to plate gutters; usual mild offsetting throughout. An excellent compendium of Schnackenberg’s posters, costumes and stage designs. The plates in this book are more in keeping with the Maitres de l’Affiche images, in that they were pulled by Oskar Consee (Schnackenberg’s exclusive printer), and were surely done under the artist’s supervision, with rich inking on high-quality paper.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
Eric Gill's Own Copy, With His Signatures, Markings and Bookplate
65
Gill, eric.
The Game.
Ditchling: St. Dominic’s Press, 1916-1923
Two volumes, octavo, containing the original numbered parts 1 through 34 [complete]. Volumes One contains parts I through IV, bound in blind-stamped full blue morocco, sunned and slightly rubbed. Volume Two contains Volumes V and VI in ¼ brown calf with black paper over boards, “Bound by D.A.” - likely Donald Attwater, as noted in Gill’s hand on front endpaper, hinges worn and with scattered abrasions, Vol. V, Issue 33 laid in.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
66
[specimen book — american type founders].
Specimen Book and Catalogue, 1923, Dedicated to the Typographic Art.
Jersey City: NJ: American Type Founders, 1923.
Thick octavo, 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches tall, 1148pp, publisher’s two-tone gray cloth stamped in black, decorative endpapers bearing logo, edges stained gray (edgewear with frays to extremities, mild loss to foot of spine, soiling and rubbing, overall solid, good or better). Provenance: ink stamp of G. A. Crane at front colophon page, Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
From the Tholenaar Collection.
Estimate
$150 – $200
Bauhaus Postcards & Typography
67
Baschant, rudolf.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus, 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches, 15 x 10 1/2 cm. This is number 9 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. With printed postcard text and an ink stamp on verso correcting the date of the exhibition, “Ausstellung 15. August bis 30. September.” Soft handling creases and minor discoloration on verso.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
68
Feininger, lyonel.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus, 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, 6 x 4 1/4 inches, 15 x 10 1/2 cm. This is number 2 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. Printed postcard text on verso.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
69
Kandinsky, vassily.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
[Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus] 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, unused. 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches, 15 x 10 1/2 cm. This is number 3 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. With printed postcard text and an ink stamp on verso correcting the date of the exhibition, “Ausstellung 15. August bis 30. September.” Minor abrasion on back top corners from previous hinges.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
70
Klee, paul.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
[Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus], 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches, 15 x 10 1.2 cm. This is number 4 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. With printed postcard text and an ink stamp on verso correcting the date of the exhibition, “Ausstellung 15. August bis 30. September.” Very minor abrasions in image, slight discoloration at edges on verso.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
71
Klee, paul.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
[Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus] 1923
Color lithograph postcard, 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 10 1/2 x 15 cm. This is number 5 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. Printed postcard text on verso. Minor abrasion and toning on verso, slightly affecting text.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
72
Moholy-nagy, lászló.
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
[Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus] 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, 14 x 9 1/4 cm. This is number 7 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. With printed postcard text and an ink stamp on verso correcting the date of the exhibition, “Ausstellung 15. August bis 30. September.” Archival tape and paper hinges affixed to three corners on verso.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
73
Molnar, wolfgang [farkas].
Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli - Sept. 1923 Weimar.
[Weimar: Staatliches Bauhaus] 1923.
Color lithograph postcard, unused. 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, 14 1/4 x 9 1/8 cm. This is number 17 from a series of 20 postcards issued to promote the first, official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. With printed postcard text and an ink stamp on verso correcting the date of the exhibition, “Ausstellung 15. August bis 30. September.”
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
74
Gropius, walter.
Idee und Aufbau des Staatlichen Bauhauses.
Munich: Bauhausverlag, [1923].
Slim quarto pamphlet, approx 9 3/4 inch square, 12 pp, publisher’s printed wrappers, staple-bound, tear at fore edge affecting front cover and first 8pp, small chips to extremities, mild toning and soiling, very good.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
75
Dexel, walter.
Gerhard Marcks Halle, Neue Sachlichkeit and Adolf Meyer.
Kunstverein Jena, 1926 and 1927.
Group of three, typographic, letterpress invitation cards, each approximately 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 cm and printed on thick, color stock. Dexel pp. 17, 21 & 22.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
76
[specimen book — f.h. ernst schneidler].
Deutsch-Römisch.
Stuttgart: C. E. Weber, circa 1926.
Quarto, 11 x 8 1/4 inches, 28 x 21 cm, 44 pages, original wrappers.
Estimate
$100 – $150
77
[specimen books — rudolf von larisch et al anton schroll & co.]
Beispiele Kunstlerischer Schrift Herausgegeben von Rudolf Larisch.
Vienna, 1900-1926.
Oblong quartos, approx 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, bearing type samples. 1900 and 1902 bound together in 3/4 morocco, 1906 in stiff printed wrappers, 1905 and 1926 loose leaves housed in cardstock portfolios, moderate wear, very good or better on whole. Together 4 items.
5 volumes bound in 4.
Estimate
$600 – $900
78
[specimen book — frederic william goudy].
A Composite Showing of Goudy Types.
Np: American Type Founders Company, 1927.
Quarto, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 31 x 23.5 cm, original wrappers. Supplement to the Specimen Book of 1923 as part of the Popular Printing Types of the Present Day series.
Estimate
$200 – $300
79
[specimen book — louis oppenheim]
Berthold Schriften für Handel und Industrie / Berthold-Probe Nr. 240.
Berlin: H. Berthold, 1927.
Quarto, 46pp, 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches, 29.5 x 21 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$200 – $300
80
[specimen book — kittredge, william / ludlow typograph company].
Italic Typography on the Ludlow.
Chicago: Ludlow Typograph Company, 1927.
Folio, 12 1/4 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm, illustrated.
Estimate
$80 – $120
81
[specimen books — jakob erbar].
Erbar Grotesk Schriften [mit vier Garnituren].
Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt. Circa 1927.
Soft-bound type specimen booklets consisting of 4 fascicles in portfolio sleeve, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4, 28.25 x 22.25 cm.
Estimate
$120 – $180
81A
[specimen book — type designer unknown].
Koralle Schriften Familie.
Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig. 1928.
Soft-bound type specimen book, 55 pp, 11 1/2/ x 8 1/8 inches, 29 x 20.5 cm.
Estimate
$120 – $180
82
Weinberg, martin.
Fur Die Industrie… Werbegraphiken, Einleitende Worte von Dr. Erich Ritter.
R. Boll, Berlin. 1928.
Quarto, a collection of graphics, a few examples tipped-in, but most printed onto fan-folded page stock, Japanese-stitched into decorated wrappers; moderate rubbing and soiling to covers, very good.
Estimate
$300 – $400
83
[specimen book — fretz ag, zürich].
Proben von Schriften mit Anwendungen.
Fretz, Zürich. (1928)
Arranged and designed by Walter Cyliax (1899-1945). Small folio, 12 x 9 inches, illustrated with numerous type specimens from early to modern, including black letter, publicity fonts, and color printing, publisher’s gilt-stamped orange boards, finger soiled; lacks “plaudit” sheet as often encountered.
Estimate
$400 – $600
84
Tschichold, jan.
Die Neue Typographie: ein Hand buch fur Zeitgemass Schaffende.
Verlag des Bildungsverbandes der Deutschen Buchdrucker, Berlin. 1928.
Octavo, 240pp, numerous examples of page lay-outs, some printed in black and red, publisher’s black cloth stamped in silver at spine (covers worn, most of silver at spine worn away, fading around spine, moderate rubbing and soiling, else good or better). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$300 – $400
85
[specimen book — georg trump].
3 Garnituren Berthold-Grotesk, Probendruck Nr. 262.
H. Berthold, Berlin. 1928.
Soft-bound type specimen book, filled with tipped-in “applications” of the type face, letterheads, menus, advertisements, invoices, book jackets and more. 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches.
MoMA 1035.1999
Estimate
$400 – $600
86
[specimen book — d. stempel].
Neuzeit-Grotesk.
Frankfurt: D. Stempel, 1928.
Quarto, 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches, 30 x 21 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$80 – $120
87
[specimen book — rudolf koch].
Grobe Kabel / Nach Zeichnung von Rudolf Koch Geschnitten von Gebr. Klingspoor.
Offenbach: Klingspor, 1928.
Quarto, 11x9 inches, 28.5 x 23 cm, original boards.
Estimate
$100 – $150
88
Teige, karel [designer], biebl, konstantin [author]
S Lodi jez dovazi caj a Kavu, Poesie [With the ship that brings tea and coffee].
Prague: Odeon, 1928.
Octavo, 63, (4), printed in black and pink with modernist motifs and typographic collages, re-bound in color photographic pictorial papered boards resembling a detail of a Mondrian painting; dark blue endpapers (moderate rubbing, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$300 – $400
89
Teige, karel [designer], biebl, konstantin [author]
Zlom. [Rupture].
Prague: Odeon, 1928.
Quarto, 64, (3), printed in black and red, 4 pages on yellow stock, re-bound in color photographic pictorial papered boards resembling an detail of a Mondrian painting, gray endpapers (moderate rubbing, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front pastedown.
Estimate
$300 – $400
1930s Graphics & Type
90
Stenberg, vladimir and georgii [stenberg brothers]
Krasnaya Niva Magazine, No. 14.
Likely Moscow, April, 1929.
Quarto, approximately 9 x 12 inches, 24pp, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound; vertical crease at center, moderate wear, pen notation bearing date, else very good.
Estimate
$100 – $150
91
Pinus, natalia (natalia sergeevna bukharova).
Krasnaya Niva Magazine, No. 9.
Moscow (?): March 30, 1930.
Quarto, approx 9 x 12 inches, 20pp, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound; pen notations to cover, moderate fading, rubbed at spine, fragile, else very good.
Estimate
$150 – $200
92
Werkman, hendrik.
[Broadside:] Arbeiter waren die meisten von uns Handwerker zum Bewusstsein erwacht, Intellectuelle zum Handwerk getrieben…
No place: no publisher, no date, ca. 1930s.
Broadside, folded, approx 9 x 14 1/4 folded, text mirrored so that when it’s folded it reads like a 2-sided sheet, printed in black and red; minor creases, chips to edges, else very good.
Estimate
$400 – $600
93
[specimen book — d. stempel].
Ephemeral Type Specimens Stempel Reform Grotesk ca. 1930.
Frankfurt: D. Stempel, Circa 1930.
Quarto, 11 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches, 29.5 x 21 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$80 – $120
94
[specimen book — ludwig & meyer].
Motor Dynamo.
Frankfurt: Ludwig & Mayer, Circa 1930.
Quarto, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 28 x 22 cm featuring “advertising fonts of sleek power and forcefulness and the greatest impact.”
Estimate
$200 – $300
95
[specimen book — will bürtin].
Fanal + Flamme=2 Werbescriften ohne jede Überhänge.
Leipzig: Schelter & Giesecke, circa 1930.
Quarto, 11¾ x 8¼ inches, 30 x 21 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$150 – $200
96
[specimen book — lucian bernhard].
Negro die Neue Werbeschrift.
Frankfurt am Main: Bauersche Giesserei, 1930.
Quarto, 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches, 19 x 26.5 cm, original wrappers.
Estimate
$100 – $150
97
Gill, eric and rene hague.
An Essay on Typography.
London: Sheed & Ward, 1931.
Octavo, 120pp, 25 figures within text, pictorial colophon, publisher’s terracotta cloth lettered in gilt at spine; frays to extremities, mild dusting, very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Printed by Hague & Gill, at Pigotts, Buckingham in an edition of 500 copies signed by Hague and Gill.
Estimate
$400 – $600
98
Cohen, fre.
Schiphol Gemeente-Luchthaven van Amsterdam.
Amsterdam: Stadtsdrukkerij, 1932.
Photomontage brochure with tri-fold cover, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, 18 1/2 x 11 1/2 cm. “Illustrated Guide of Schiphol Municipal Airport of Amsterdam,” replete with photocollages, maps, graphs and other graphic content. Sharp folds along cover flap; scattered pen notations within. MoMA 582.2018
Estimate
$200 – $300
99
[specimen book — jan tschichold].
Saskia.
Leipzig: Schelter & Giesecke, 1932.
Soft-bound type specimen book with original pictorial wrappers, 28pp, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 29.5 x 21 cm.
Estimate
$200 – $300
100
[specimen book — walter cyliax].
5 Garnituren Haenel Schrift.
Offenbach: Klingspoor, Circa 1933.
Quarto, 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 27.5 x 21 cm, original wrappers.
Estimate
$100 – $150
101
[specimen book–genzsch & heyse, hamburg].
50 der Schönsten Schriften aus 100 Jahren Schaffen 1833-1933.
Hamburg: Genzsch & Heyse, 1933
Quarto, 12 x 9 inches, numerous specimens of the 100-year output of the famed German printers, printed in colors, with lettered tissue guards, publisher’s spiral-bound blue cloth stamped in black and gold, spine faded, joints cracked, 2-inch abrasion to cloth on lower front cover; internally clean, bookseller’s label from Almquist & Wiksells, Uppsala.
Estimate
$150 – $200
102
Zwart, piet.
Serie Monografieen over Filmkunst.
Rotterdam: W.L. & J. Brusse’s Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V., 1931-1933.
Small quartos, a series of 10 titles (complete), each illustrated with numerous montages of photographs, graphic elements, and film stills, from this important designer, dynamic printed photo-montage wrappers, lightly worn overall, but the set as a whole is very good.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
103
[specimen book — karl kranke].
Ondina Versalien.
Dresden: Brüder Butter, Schriftguss A.G., circa 1935.
Octavo, 8 1/4 x 11 inches, 21 x 28 cm, original printed wrappers.
From the Tholenaar collection.
Estimate
$100 – $150
104
[specimen book — rudolf koch].
Koch Antiqua Schriften.
Offenbach: Gebrüder Klingspoor, circa 1935.
Quarto, 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, 26 x 18.5 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$120 – $180
105
Schuitema, paul.
Filmliga, 14 issues.
Amsterdam, 1931-1935.
Quarto, illustrated in original pictorial wrappers; spines worn, with some covers detached, on average good to very good.
Estimate
$500 – $750
106
Cassandre, a. m.
Etablissements Nicolas… [Liste Des Grands Vins Fins 1936].
Paris, 1935.
Quarto, approximately 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, elaborate color pamphlet with list of wines and prices, spiral bound; minor rubbing to cover, very good.
Estimate
$100 – $150
107
[specimen book — brüder butter/schriftguss ag.
Die Drei Thannhaeuser Schriften.
Dresden: Brüder Butter, 1937.
Quarto, 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 28.25 x 21 cm, original printed wrappers.
Estimate
$100 – $150
108
Zwart, piet.
Het Boek van PTT.
Leiden, Uitgave: Nederlandsche Rotogravure Mij., 1938.
Octavo, 49 pp, 9 7/8 x 7 inches, 25 x 17 1/2/ cm. Photomontage color illustrations for the Netherlands post, telephone and telegraph company. The dynamic mise en page and creative use of illustrations energizes and elevates this mundane manual into an engaging document. Discoloration and staining at edges, minor tears and losses along spine. MoMA 627.1977
Estimate
$200 – $300
109
Zwart, piet.
Lot of 22 Bruynzeel Calendar Blotters.
Leiden, 1938-1966.
Octavo, all approx 8 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches, printed in color on coated stock on recto, and dyed blue on the verso; minute wear to extremities, occasional fading to verso, else about fine.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
110
[specimen book — mergenthaler linotype company].
Specimen Book Linotype Faces [“Big Red”].
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1939].
Thick quarto, 20 x 27 cm tall, xl, 1215pp, with an architectural rendering of general offices and a collection of type faces, printed on varied paper stock, publisher’s red cloth stamped in blind and black, pictorial endpapers (light soiling, moderate rubbing, fraying to extremities, light abrasions to bulked edges, else a solid, very good copy).
Estimate
$200 – $300
111
Various designers
Die Neue Linie.
11 issues, 1933-41.
Quarto, 10 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches, 52-96 pages each, later issues with larger page counts, color pictorial wrappers, contributions and cover designs by Herbert Bayer, Moholy-Nagy and others. Most with chips and closed tears to edges, rubbing, good to very good on whole.
Estimate
$400 – $600
112
Various designers.
Klingspor Kalendar.
1920-1941.
Various sizes, seven in pictorial papered boards, the rest in pictorial wrappers; condition varies, but generally very good. Many with Tholenaar bookplates.
22 volumes.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
Paul Rand & Ladislav Sutnar
113
Rand, paul.
Thoughts on Design.
New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1947.
Quarto, approx 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches tall, 158 numbered pages, illustrated mostly in black and white with a few illustrations in color, publisher’s black cloth decoratively stamped in gilt (hinges repaired with text block pushed forward to edges of boards, mild dusting to edges, boards with mild fading and dusting, fraying to corners, else good). Pictorial dust jacket (chips with loss, largely to spine ends and corners, toning, soiling, rubbing, one long closed tear, fair to good).
First edition, stated.
Estimate
$400 – $600
114
Rand, paul.
24 pieces of stationery and other ephemera.
Includes: 8 1/2 x 11 letterhead stationery, letter envelopes, business cards and one sticker for Creative Media Center, Connecticut Art Directors Club, Gentry Living Color, Inc., etc.
Estimate
$200 – $300
115
Sutnar, ladislav and lonberg-holm, k.
Catalog Design.
Octavo, printed in black, orange and blue, pale green endpapers, publisher’s papered boards, spiral-bound (rust to metal at spine discoloring adjacent pages, minor toning and wear, very good).
Engravings by Royal-Jones Photo Engraving, printed by Wm. E. Rudge’s Sons.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
116
Sutnar, ladislav.
[Sweet’s Catalogue Service. 5 booklets.]
New York, circa 1940s.
Catalogue Design Guide, Questionaires and Checklists, Simplifying Order Production, To Promote Product Design and The Dual Role of Manufacturers’ Catalogs in Industrial Marketing (by Chauncey L. Williams and K. Lundborg-Holm.). Various sizes, original thick, colored wrappers. Sutnar’s layouts are legible, intuitive, efficient and compelling.
Estimate
$150 – $200
117
Sutnar, ladislav.
Honeywell Customized Controls & Foxboro Industrial Instrumentation.
[Minneapolis and Foxboro, MA], 1956 and 1943.
Two Sweets Industrial catalogues, 39pp and 47 pp, each approximately 11 x 8 3/8 inches, 28 x 21 cm. Each printed in orange and black, with photographs, charts, pictographs and diagrams. Moma 413.2009 and 48.2009.1-2.
Estimate
$200 – $300
117A
Sutnar, ladislav.
[29 industrial catalogues including Cuno Engineering, RCA, Holophane, Telechron and others.]
Quartos, roughly 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 4-12pp each; slight wear, near fine to fine.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
118
Sutnar, ladislav.
5 pieces of ephemera.
Vp, 1947-69.
9 5/8 x 12 inch card bearing color illustration of a skyline captioned “Best wishes of the season” and “Sutnar: New York, 5 AM” — an ad campaign press book for addo-x, 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches, 8 color printed pages including wrappers, staple-bound — An exhibition catalogue for Ladislav Sutnar from the A-D Gallery, New York, 1947, octavo, 16pp, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound — Invitation card to a Shuster Gallery exhibit, 1969, a folded sheet, ie 4pp, printed in multiple colors, female nude abstraction within — small presentation card for himself. Minimal wear, on whole fine.
Estimate
$100 – $150
119
Sutnar, ladislav.
Vera Scarves.
[Np], Circa 1959.
Free-standing screen-print counter card, approx 35 x 51 cm, thick cardstock with cardboard easel attachment to verso; bumps and creases to edges, corners slightly rounded, a few minor scratches and light toning, else very good.
Estimate
$300 – $400
120
Sutnar, ladislav.
RCA Ground Stations for Space Telecommunications.
[New York], circa 1964
Octavo, 30 pp, 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches, 22 x 28 cm, spiral-bound notebook. A visual exploration of RCA’s new satellite technology, illustrated with photographs, charts, maps and drawings. Moma 428.2009
Estimate
$200 – $300
121
Martin, noel.
Sutnar: visual design in action.
[Np], 1961.
Folio, 18x 24 inches, 45 3/4 x 60 3/4 cm, printed in black on white card stock, minor bumps to edges, nearly fine.
The design of the poster, which echoes the book jacket design of Sutnar’s 1961 publication of the same name, is attributed to Noel Martin, who used Sutnar’s images and typography to promote Sutnar’s book and exhibition of the same name. By 1960, Sutnar had stopped working for Sweet’s catalogues, and this exhibition was an attempt by some of his colleagues to get his name, tenets of functional design and his talent for information graphics out before the public in order to attract commissions. The exhibition was “a systematic summarization of the principles of visual communication and the personal manifesto of a designer who spent forty years developing it” (Sutnar p. 260). Sutnar 488 (var).
Estimate
$500 – $750
Saul Bass & Willem Sandberg
122
Bass, saul.
Lot of 4 branding booklets for Bell Telephone.
Quartos, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 12-36pp each, illustrated in pictorial wrappers; 3 with 3-hole punch holes, minor additional wear, very good.
Estimate
$200 – $300
123
Sandberg, willem.
Experimenta Typographica, 3.
Amsterdam: J.F. Duwaer & Zonen, 1944.
32 unnumbered pages, printed in varied fonts, line format and colors, bound in fibrous hand-made paper with deckled edges, with number 3 stamped inside rear cover (creases, wear to edges, internal leaves clean and tight, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate pasted-down at verso of front cover.
First and limited edition of 100 copies, this copy not numbered. The entire edition was issued in 1945 by A. A. Balkema.
Estimate
$200 – $300
124
Sandberg, willem.
Nu, issues XX and 22.
Hilversum, The Netherlands: Sandberg / Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., 1959 and 1967.
Together, two issues. Approx 10 inch square quartos, illustrated, wrappers, with advertisement laid-in to # 22; moderate wear and toning, chips to edges of advertisement, very good.
Estimate
$100 – $150
125
Sandberg, willem.
EXPERIMENTA TYPOGRAPHICA, 1-5.
Utrecht, 1979-1982.
Reprints. Octavos, some illustrated, multiple ink colors on varied paper stock, in original wrappers; moderate wear, very good.
Estimate
$150 – $200
126
[specimen book — hermann zapf].
Feder und Stichel: Alphabete und Schriftblatter in zeitgemasser Darstellung.
Frankfurt am Main, [1950].
Slim, oblong quarto, morocco-backed papered boards stamped in blind at front cover and lettered in gilt at spine; bumps and frays to corners, minute loss to crown, mild rubbing and soiling, else very good. 25 pages of alphabet design by Zapf and the first showing of Palantino. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Limited edition numbered 422 of 500 copies.
Estimate
$500 – $750
127
[specimen book — various type designers].
Klingspor-Schriften.
Offenbach: Gebrüder Klingspoor, 1951.
Octavo, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 26 x 19 cm, original wrappers, plates showcase samples of the foundry’s output for the first time since the end of World War II.
“This is the first time after the war we are making a “Klingspoor Sample” for the public… this booklet should now show you that, despite all the external handicaps, we have not lost sight of our noble task: the creation of elegant fonts and their stimulating typographic design in all areas of attractive commercial printing” [from the included note laid in]
Estimate
$100 – $150
128
[specimen books — juan trochut blanchard and esteban trochut bachmann].
Nov Adam. Volumes 2, 3 and 4.
Barcelona, 1952 (volume 4, others no date).
Quartos, elaborate color printing, stiff wrappers, spiral-bound. Volume 2 Signed by both Bachmann and Blanchard at title-page. All presentation copies signed by designers. A showcase of the pioneering Super-Veloz, an elaborate, modular type system.
3 volumes.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
129
[specimen book — society nebiolo].
Campionario Caratteri e fregi tipografici: segni, filetti, numeri.
Torino: Societa Nebiolo, no date (ca. 1956).
Octavo, xxiv, 302 numbered pages, publisher’s two-tone blue cloth, stamped in gilt at front cover, decorative endpapers (slightly bowed, bump to lower corner with diagonal creases and diagonal crack, ink stamp to ffep, a few additional minor bumps and rubbing, else very good). Pictorial dust jacket (chips with minor loss to spine ends and corners, quarter-sized chip at top of back panel, rubbing and soiling, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$100 – $150
130
Various designers
Pagina Magazine, issues 1-7.
Milano: Franco M. Ricci, 1962-64.
Folios, each approx 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches tall, printed in color, contributions by numerous designers, illustrated in color, glossy stock, pictorial wrappers; occasional bumps, chips, tears, toning, soiling, else very good.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
131
Spencer, herbert.
Typographica, old and new series.
Lund Humphries, 1949-1967.
16 vols, folios, of the old series, 16 vols, quartos, of the new series, illustrated, publisher’s pictorial wrapper, moderate wear, on average very good. Tholenaar bookplates to versos of wrappers.
32 volumes.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
132
Lubalin, burns & co.
The First Typo-Graphics Agency.
New York, 1970.
Each 6 x 8 inches, 4 in printed wrappers, two of which are staple bound, the other two thicker perfect-bound, one a collection of Tactype rub-off sheets housed in black cardstock portfolio, entire contents housed in corrugated cardboard folding box. Tholenaar bookplates to versos of front wrappers of 2 of them and to the cardstock portfolio. Individual parts with light rubbing to corners, the portfolio bearing tears from edges at folds, else very good or better.
Bound in 5 parts.
Estimate
$80 – $120
133
[push pin studios].
Push Pin Graphic, 19 issues.
New York, 1977-1980.
Quarto editions, color illustrated, pictorial wrappers; some ex-library stamps to cover, one cover missing, a couple detached, minor additional wear, on average very good.
Estimate
$350 – $500
134
Bernstein, dennis and warren lehrer. designed by warren lehrer.
French Fries.
Purchase and Rochester: ear/say and visual studies workshop, [1984].
Quarto, illustrated in color, in pictorial cloth, mango endpapers; slight rubbing, very good or better.
Estimate
$120 – $180
135
Grushkin, philip.
[Dust-jacket Proofs.]
New York: Braziller, Knopf and Random House, ca. 1940s - 1958.
A group of approx 100 jacket proofs, on average about 8 x 10 inches, though varied; minute wear, overall fine.
Estimate
$400 – $600
136
Grushkin, philip.
28 holiday cards, maps, and booklets.
Comprises 11 holiday greeting cards, on average 4 1/2 x 6 inches each — a photograph embellished as a holiday card measuring 9 1/83 7/8 inches — 3 larger quarto-sized broadside Holiday cards — 3 small staple-bound booklets with Spiral Press imprints, 1953, 1955, 1966. — Exhibition catalogue for “Philip Grushkin: a retrospective” Grolier Club, 2001, 24pp — A Bar Mitzvah invitation — 7 maps, possibly proofs, quarto-sized, one folded, moderately worn.
Estimate
$250 – $350
137
Dorfsman, lou.
Approximately 40 pieces of CBS ephemera.
Vp, 1940s - 1960s.
Includes: 8 quarto pamphlets, 4-page (one sheet folded) — 4 octavo sized pamphlets, one a single sheet folded, 2 staple-bound, one 68pp, perfect-bound — one presentation card bearing a Frank Stanton, President Christmas bonus message — 12 large pressbooks for ad campaigns, approx 12 x 15 inches each, one in an envelope — 4 slightly smaller folio-sized pressbooks for ad campaigns, one spiral-bound — 3 large page layouts — 6 additional page layouts — 2 small ad samples for a radio show for WAAA. Together approximately 40 items, minor creases and wear, overall fine.
Estimate
$400 – $600
138
Cohen, elaine lustig & arthur cohen.
Approximately 15 pieces of ephemera, including flyers, invitations, small promotional pamphlets and more.
New York, 1960s - 1970s.
Various sizes, printed on paper or thin board. Contents include: 2 items for Sona Handicrafts and Handlooms of India, New York, including a shopping bag, a folding card * For Meridian Books: a proof sheet for book cover New York, Places & Pleasures by Kate Simon, designed by Elaine and Jay Maisel; a change of address card; a compliments card: “with the compliments of Miridian Books and Arthur A. Cohen, President * a “snap and peel” Ex-libris sticker * an advertising card for the book “Liturgies of the Western Church” ; For The Jewish Museum: “The Jewish Museum invites you to become a member” advertising card; invitation to Membership 20-page booklet, ca. 1960s; a large format Hanukkah card (approx 18 x 25.5 cm) * A small poster, approx 43 x 28 cm, for the USA exhibit in the XXXI International Viennial Exhibition of Art, Venice, 1964; A card for Alvin Lustig’s exhibit at The American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, 1977 * Printer’s advertisement card for Christmas Cards. Lindenmeyr-Schlosser, Long Island City, NY and Hillside, NJ, ca. 1960s; 2 business cards for a company called “Bioquest”; 3 samples of letterhead, including 2 of the Lustig Cohen’s own. Overall in fine condition with very occasional abrasions, creases, minor toning.
Estimate
$200 – $300
139
Thompson, bradbury.
West Virginia Inspirations for Printers / Westvaco.
Westvaco, 1941- 1956.
Comprises issue numbers 129, 139, 164, 165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 177, 178, 188, 204, 206. Quartos, illustrated, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, a few bumped, moderate wear, on average very good.
13 issues.
Estimate
$200 – $300
140
Collins, ben.
Westvaco, 7 issues.
Westvaco, 1947- 1961.
Comprises issues 166, 175, 187, 189, 205, 209, 215. Quartos, illustrated, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, a few bumped, moderate wear, on average very good.
7 issues.
Estimate
$150 – $200
141
Beall, lester.
West Virginia Inspirations for Printers, issues 170 and 173.
Westvaco, circa 1950s.
Quartos, illustrated, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, moderate wear, very good.
2 issues.
Estimate
$120 – $180
142
Various designers
Westvaco - Inspirations for Printers. 3 vols: 1938-1939, 1940-1941, 1956-1961.
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1938 - 1961.
Folios, approx 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches each, a catalogue displaying varied printing techniques and style, printed in color on various stock, hardcover bindings; moderate wear and soiling, very good. Includes work by Bradbury Thompson.
3 volumes.
Estimate
$200 – $300
143
[specimen book — maximilien vox].
Faisons le Point. From the series Cent Alphabets ‘Monotype.’
Paris: Draeger Frères for Union Bibliophile de France, 1963
Small quarto, 11 x 7½ inches, with numerous examples of type, printed in colors, publisher’s textured linen, printed in black and red, few small spots. One of 1000 unnumbered copies printed for friends of the Société anonyme Monotype à Paris.
Estimate
$300 – $400
144
[specimen book — fonderie olive].
Untitled.
Paris, circa 1967.
Quarto, lacks title-page, a collection of fonts, decorative cardstock covers spiral-bound; corners bumped, else very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste down.
Estimate
$100 – $200
145
Gerstner, karl.
Designing Programmes.
New York: Hastings House, 1968.
Slim quarto, 18.3 x 25.5 cm tall, 111pp, (1), illustrated in color and black and white, on coated paper stock, publisher’s white cloth lettered in black at front panel and spine (covers a lightly toned and soiled, additional marginal toning within, a couple small bumps to edges, perhaps very good). Publisher’s printed dust jacket (chips with minor loss around spine ends and corners, a few closed tears, rubbing, toning, soiling, else good). Bookplate of Aaron Marcus and Associates at front paste-down.
Films by Neue Chemiegraphie, Zurich. Printed by Zollikofer & Co., St. Gall. Bound by R. Weber, Heiden.
Additional introduction by Paul Gredinger. Translated into English by D. Q. Stephenson.
Estimate
$500 – $750
146
Venturi, robert, denise scott-brown & steven izenour.
Learning from Las Vegas.
Cambridge: M. I. T. Press, 1972
Folio, 14x11 inches, illustrated with photographic plates, architectural plans, and elevations, publisher’s slate grey cloth lettered in gold and with pictorial cover inlay, upper tips and front cover fore edge bumped, few light scuffs; folded front panel remnant of scarce original dust jacket laid in, errata slip laid in; bookplate of Aaron Marcus and Associates.
Estimate
$400 – $600
147
Burgert, hans-joachim, calligrapher. text nach jesaja. textauswahl (edited by):
Ludus Scribendi. Zweiter Band…Kalligraphien von Hans-Joachim Burgert.
Berlin: Privately printed at Burgert Handpresse, [1976].
Octavo, a selection of Biblical texts written in a calligraphic style reminiscent of concrete poetry, with traditional typeset to facing page, printed on translucent rice paper fanfolded and stitched within and made paper wrappers, woodblock logo of Isaiah the prophet to front cover and first leaf, which is the colophon (mild, uneven fading to front cover, mild wear to edges, a small stain below and to left of logo at front cover, else very good).
Limited edition numbered 95 of 200 copies, signed by Burgert.
Estimate
$80 – $120
1980s - 21st Century Design
148
Various designers
Pentagram Papers.
Various Cities: Pentagram Design, 1984-2015.
Octavos, 24-60pp each, in stiff black wrappers with occasional cover image within rules, each issue themed (minor wear, very good or better).
31 issues, an incomplete run.
Estimate
$600 – $900
149
[specimen books — fuse fontshop].
Fuse 1-18 (lacking issue 15).
Berlin, London: Fuse, 1991- 2000.
Each issue a collection of unbound folded posters and flyers within corrugated cardboard portfolios measuring approx 7 x 9 inches, with disc or CD-ROMS within a panel of the portfolio, paper seal; paper seals broken, contents opened, otherwise generally in fine condition.
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
150
[librairie paul jammes].
Collection de Specimens de Caracteres, 1517-2004.
Librairie Paul Jammes / Editions des Cendres, [2006].
Folio, approx 10 x 13 inches, color photographic illustrations, publisher’s pale green-gray papered boards stamped in blind, minor wear to extremities, very good; pictorial dust jacket in like condition.
Edition of 1000 copies.