Product Description: Artists' books always contain art, and the art often serves as the primary reason for the book's existence. And the history of bookmaking, since the Gutenberg Bible, contains examples of books whose typographic and design excellence is immediately apparent and beyond dispute, but which contain no art...read more

The design of books today we enjoy today was fundamentally influenced by a handful of preeminent designers who were active during the 20th century. This book provides an entertaining and informative overview of eleven key designers - D.B. Updike, Jan Tschichold, Bruce Rogers, Stanley Morrson, Hermann Zapf, Jan Van Krimpen, Francis Meynell, Gotthard de Beauclair, Max Caflish, Joseph Blumenthal, and Giovanni Mardersteig - and explores their influence on one another. The lively text provides biographical overviews and information about the designer's work, as well as an assessment of the elements that they created that have gone into producing what we now see as a "well-designed book." There are over 110 pages of visually stunning examples of their work featured in this book. A must have book for any book designer and book lovers alike!

Product Description: A 60th anniversary celebration of the renowned Stamperia Valdonega, founded in 1948 by Giovanni Mardersteig - one of the finest printers of this century - and ably maintained today by his son Martino Mardersteig. Curator Jerry Kelly has written that 'The presswork, composition and design of this shop rose to the pinnacle of modern printing art, just as the work of Officina Bodoni [founded by Giovanni Mardersteig] set the standard for hand press printing...read more

Product Description: Probably no book designer of the twentieth century has had more written about him, his work, or his life than Bruce Rogers. He was, as his primary biographer Joseph Blumenthal observed, the ultimate "artificer of the book". His career as a working designer spanned six decades, but arguably his finest (and certainly his happiest) years were spent at Cambridge's Riverside Press where he took ovr from D...read more

Product Description: Catalogue of 66 items from the collection of Jerry Kelly illustrating the life and work of Gotthard de Beauclair, on view at the Grolier Club, November 16, 2006-January 12, 2007. Designed by Jerry Kelly.

Product Description: IN THE GRIP OF THE IRON CURTAIN takes place in ravaged Berlin -- a decade after the conclusion of World War II. The island city of three million citizens is isolated deep into Communist-dominated occupied territory. More than thirty spy organizations from countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain operate in the former capitol city, while the majority of Berliners still live and work in the ruins of bombed and artillery-shelled buildings...read more

Product Description: From the publisher: "A nineteenth-century child's dress is carefully laid out for our viewing. Perhaps, because we are aware that it is a part of lost time, our thoughts go to its missing inhabitant- an ethereal presence, intricate to the weave of the fabric before us...read more

Product Description: Here viewed as a pastime through the eyes of a lifelong amateur player, baseball unfolds as an experience of motion and time and senses - the work of muscle, the textures of wood and leather, the warmth of sun, the scents of a grassy field. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A continuation of the Grolier 75 volume of short biographies published by the Club in 1959 to celebrate its 75th birthday, this indispensable new collection of over 120 profiles by members illustrates the contributions of Grolier Club members in the fields of collecting, rare book librarianship, book design, and the antiquarian book trade...read more

Product Description: Over the past quarter century, calligraphy and the lettering arts have enjoyed a renaissance all across America. As the century closes, it seems both appropriate and timely for Godine to join forces with the Society of Scribes (who will also be marking their 25th anniversary) and the aiga to assemble, exhibit and illustrate the work of the calligraphers who have made major contributions to the field and whose work, in the opinion of their peers, is consistently outstanding...read more

Product Description: Over the past quarter century, calligraphy and the lettering arts have enjoyed a renaissance all across America. As the century closes, it seems both appropriate and timely for Godine to join forces with the Society of Scribes (who will also be marking their 25th anniversary) and the aiga to assemble, exhibit and illustrate the work of the calligraphers who have made major contributions to the field and whose work, in the opinion of their peers, is consistently outstanding...read more

Book Description: Today's Christians tend to emphasize the spiritual and ignore their minds -- but the mind does matter! When we are saved, our minds are not automatically renewed but must progressively be conformed to the image of Jesus. In this book Dr...read more

Product Description: Catalogue of an exhibition marking the centenary of the eminent Italian publisher and printer, Giovanni Mardersteig, held at the Grolier Club December 1991 through February 1992. Designed by Jerry Kelly, and printed at the Stinehour Press.

Product Description: Checklist of an exhibition held December 1991-March 1992. Designed by Jerry Kelly, printed letterpress at the Stinehour Press.