Recent Arrivals from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books

Very Good. (pp. 51 - 56) in: The Penrose Annual 50, 1956. Illus. Boards. Dustjacket. (exlibrary copy, a bit worn). * Contains also: Ovink, G.W. Back to Humanism in type design (pp. 69 - 73); Carter, H. Fell Music Type (pp. 73 - 75); Dreyfus, J. New Types from Nebiolo (pp. 80 - 82); Rosner, Ch. Art… Read more

VIIIth - XIXth century. No date but circa 1910?. Folio. 99 pages. 596 items described. 17 full-page plates in b/w. Wrs. * Magnificent Catalogue .

Very Good. 31 pp. 181 items described. Wrs. * The first catalogue issued by this renowned firm after they fled Germany. .

Very Good. (Venice, 1999). Circa 130 pp. Illus. in b/w. and colours. Orwrs. * Contains articles like: G. Mazzucco, La legatura medievale a Venezia tra Bisanzio e l'Occidente (pp. 13 - 24); O. Granzotto, Legature di commissioni Dogali a Venezia dal '400 a fine '700 (pp. 24-35); S. Marcon, Riflessioni fra miniatura e legatura d'arte… Read more

Items 137 to 182. Illus. in b/w & colour. Boards. List with prices and buyers names included. .

214 pp. 1520 items described. Plates in b/w. Wrs. List of estimations loosely inserted. * The liquidation of this renowned firm from München prior to WWII. Were they forced to sell or did they liquidate out of free will? They fled Germany and their next catalogue (78) was issued from Amsterdam in 1938. .

Very Good. 304 pp. Illus. Complete in 4 volumes in wrs. .

Very Good. (pp. 121 - 129) in: The Penrose Annual 1980. Illus. Boards. Dustjacket (dustjacket damaged, interior fine). * Contains also: Cohen, C. Sampling the samples (pp. 185 - 198); Brown, R. The Shoestring Press of Ben Sands (pp. 163 - 173); Park, E.M.B. Peter Strausfeld, Poster maker to the Academy (pp. 113 - 121) Etc.… Read more

Very Good. Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1978. 96 pp. Illus. in b/w. Wrs. Dustjacket (small tear in dustjacket). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Very Good. Original Wraps. Haarlem, 1960. 565 pp. Illustrated. Cloth (spine a bit stained).. (De geschiedenis der Nederlandse papierindustrie I).* Nr. 487 of a limited edition of 750 copies. .

Wrs.. 100 nos. prices. illus. b/w and colour. Wrs.; 8vo. .

Very Good. Original Wraps. Printed on the occassion of the ATypI meeting 1978 in München. * Shows examples of Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic letters. .

Very Good. East Aurora, 1907. 106 pp. Printed in black and red. Limp suede binding, green moirée inside covers. (binding has traces of use & first flyleaf detached). .

Very Good. 655 pages, 51 plates in b/w. Wrs. .

Very Good. (pp. 47 - 54) in: The Penrose Annual, 48, 1954. Illus. Cloth. (exlibrary copy). * Contains also: Rooke, N., Sir Emery Walker 1851 - 1933 (pp. 40 - 44); Rosner, Ch. French Typefounders and French Type Design (pp. 44 - 47); Pickering, Ch. L. Training in Typographic Design (pp. 64 - 68). Etc. etc. .… Read more

London, n.d. 4to. Oblong. 157 pp. Illus. in b/w. Hcloth. Bds. (A very worn copy with cloth of spine lacking and some soiling and a few pages loose). .

Very Good. Vols 1 to 4 bound together in a halfcloth binding. All of them in the languages: German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. .

Very Good. Paris, 1876. 31pp. Uncut, unopened. Wrs. .

Very Good. London, St. Bride Library, 2004. 30 pp. Illus. Wrs. * Published in a limited edition on the occasion of the Bad Type Conference. .

Wrs.. 382 nos. Richly illus. in b/w. Index. Wrs. .