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Alexander S. Lawson. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine Publisher, 1990.

Price: US$9.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: "To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and how they have evolved remains one of passionate and continuing concern. Lawson explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but containing exhaustive research, drawings and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to the library of anyone s typographic library. It is, as Lawson states, not written for the printer convinced that there are already too many typefaces, but rather for that curious part of the population that believes the opposite; that the subtleties of refinement as applies to roman and cursive letters have yet to be fully investigated and that the production of the perfect typeface remains a goal to be as much desired by present as by future type designers. Anyone aspiring to typographic wisdom should own and treasure this classic."--Amazon description. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.

Lawson Alexander. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine, Publisher, 1990.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: very good/near fine condition. Former owner's signature on the half title page. Stated first edition

Seller: Empire Books, Victoria, BC, Canada

Lawson, alexander. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine, 1990.

Price: US$18.19 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very slight edge wear to covers, may be sunned on the spine (fully legible but a different colour scheme from the front). Text very clean, not inscribed May incur some extra postage (at cost) outside the UK

Seller: old aberdeen bookshop, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Lawson, Alexander.. ANATOMY OF A TYPEFACE.. David Godine:, 1990.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: 428 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Lawson explores te vast offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. From Garamond to Bembo to the design and manufacture of sans-pserif letters and newspaper types, this is the first full-scale investigation of typefaces since Updike's classic Printing Types that was published in 1922." FINE SOFTCOVER allirtua/ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.

Lawson, Alexander. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine, 1990.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Softcover copy; 428 pages; 6 x 9. Illustrated; bibliography; index. Fourth printing, 2005. // Tight, unmarked copy. Light bumps/rubs to corners only. Hint of shelf wear to jacket surface.

Seller: Whitworth and i - Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.

Lawson (Alexander).. Anatomy of a Typeface.. 8vo, 428 pages, 23cm, David Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1990., 1990.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Many illustrations within the text. Claret cloth, spine gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy. Goudy text and black-letter types; Hammer Uncial; Cloister Old Style; Centaur; Bembo; Arrighi; Dante; Goudy Old Style; Palatino; Garamond; Galliard; Granjon; Sabon; Janson; Caslon; Baskerville; Bodoni; Bulmer; Bell; Oxford; Caledonia; Cheltenham; Bookman; Times Roman; Newspaper types; Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics; Calrendon and the square-serif revival; Optima and the humanist sans-serif types; Futura and the geometric sans-serif types; Script, cursive and decorated types; Type making from punch to computer.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

Lawson, Alexander S. Anatomy of a typeface. Boston : David R. Godine, 1990.

Price: US$66.82 + shipping

Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-411) and index. Subjects: Printing ; Specimens. History. Type and type-founding. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

LAWSON, Alexander. Anatomy of a Typeface [Review Copy]. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1990.

Price: US$71.50 + shipping

Description: First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and author's initials in blind on front cover; dustjacket; 428,[4]pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $40.00), with some mild external wear. A historical record of type for the layman, studying their development, uses, antecedents and offsprings.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Lawson, Alexander S. Anatomy of a typeface. Boston : David R. Godine, 1990.

Price: US$82.00 + shipping

Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-411) and index. Subjects: Printing ; Specimens. History. Type and type-founding. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Lawson, Alexander. Anatomy of a typeface. David R. Godine, Boston, 1990.

Price: US$93.75 + shipping

Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. 428; title page in red and black; illustrated throughout with type specimens and facsimile pages; fine in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. With the ownership signature of "Kim Merker / 20 August 1990" on front free endpaper.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Lawson, Alexander S.. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R Godine Pub, 1990.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Near Fine condition softcover

Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.