London, 1803. Second edition, with additions. Folio (11 1/4 x 18 3/4). Portrait, title, (iv), xxiv, 240 pages, 32 plates (some hand colored). Recent period-style half calf & marbled boards, original marbled edges. Front endpapers discolored (from glue?); portrait has marginal foxing & small dampstain; light old damp top margin... More

New York, 1855. Oblong 10 x 6 3/4. Title plus 10 plates, all engraved.Original cloth, with large title label on cover. Spine and tips worn; a couple scattered small spots or stains. Generally very good with original tissue guards. McClees specialized in bank-note engraving, working for various companies including Durand... More

Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 2016. 11 x 9. xi, 19 leaves of calligraphy in black & red/brown, 6 double-column pages of the artists' biographies (LI-LVI). Quarter vellum & blue boards. Fine. One of 325 copies, designed by Jerry Kelly and typeset in his Rilke typefaces. Printed by Bradley Hutchinson... More

West New York: Mark Batty, 2002. 8 x 11. 221 pages (including 150 color plates). Red cloth gilt. A separate portfolio contains six type and printing specimens created especially for this edition by Gudrun Zapf. Both in slipcase. Fine. One of 80 special copies, signed by Zapf. First major retrospective... More

NY: Grolier Club, 2000. 8 x 11. 96 pages with 80 illustrations (many in color) of Zapf's type faces, book designs, and calligraphy, including many rare pieces never before reproduced. A separate portfolio contains 20 original specimens: leaves from books, alphabets (one signed), a prospectus, & an entire booklet from... More

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (1987). 7 1/2 x 12. 254 pages. Cloth, printed dust jacket. Fine. Articles on calligraphy and type design, with illustrations, bibliographical notes and a list of Zapf's175 type designs. Approximately half the book consists of plates (most in color). The dustwrapper, when opened, reveals the... More