The Design Of Books

New York / London: Reinhold Publishing Corporation / Studio Vista, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good +. 159pp. illus. 29cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue buckram over boards, lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: While essentially intact shows soiling, stains and wear with chipping and tears.

New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto, 160 pp., endpapers, b/w photos & illus., index. Famed book designer, Adrian Wilson, looks at: layout, typography, paper, printing, binding, dust jackets, ltd. edns., etc. Signed in Wilson's caligraphic style on the half-title p., "For Steve Anderson on… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrin Smith Inc., 1974. Gift quality copy. Textblock is clean and tight, b&w photographs. Lightly shelf worn binding. 159pp., including index.. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback.

Salt Lake City UT: Peregrine Smith, 1974. Reprint of 1967 Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. A very superior book on our ancient and honorable craft." Robert Grabhorn. 160 pages, lots of illustrations.; 8 1/2 x 11

Peregrine Smith, USA, 1974. Softcover. Good. Binding a little loose and taped back in. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Previous owner's book-plate . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; ISBN: 0879050195. ISBN/EAN: 9780879050191. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42093. . 9780879050191

Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Smith, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reissue. Quarto. 159pp. Wrappers. Owner's name, very faint stain at the bottom corner of the last few leaves, very good or better.

Gibbs Smith Publishers, January 1984. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Cover has some tanning, pages are in good shape.

Reinhold NY Studio Vista UK 1st ed. 159pp Very good with foxing to page edges in jacket with wear and light soiling, toning to edges and spine. cl/over

Gibbs Smith Publishers. Very good plus no markings, light wear. . Very Good Plus. Soft cover. 4th Printing. 1982.

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Studio Vista, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. 159 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Beige pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Tape marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards are a little rub worn,… Read more about this item

Chronicle Books, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10x8x0. Original stiff card covers; in better than very good shape; no tears, chips or creases, just mildly rubbed and edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels.

Book. Good. Binding see description. London/New York, 1967. 160pp. With c. 230 illus. 4to. Cloth.*This work shows how to go about creating layouts for and implementing the production of many different kinds of books. The richly illustrated text outlines the book designing processes from the manuscript stage trough production. The methods and masterpieces of leading international designers are described… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs M. Smith Publishers; Peregrine Smith Books, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition thus Quarto paperback 160 pages illustrated throughout Very Good condition No inscriptions

Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Smith, 1974. Softcover. Near Fine. Reissue. Quarto. Near fine in wrappers.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. Very good +. Foreword by Sumner Stone. Sm 4to. In illustrated glossy wrappers, with French flaps. With frontis b/w illustration. 160 pages, with Index and Postscript. With b/w illustrations throughout. No names or marks. The first printing of the reissue of Wilson's study, first published in 1967.

Gibbs Smith Publishers. Very Good. 1984. Paperback. 0879050195 . Despatch from UK 160pp, illustrated, VG+ softback ; quarto; 160 pages .

New York; Reinhold Publishing Corporation; 1967.. First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 160; illustrated endpapers, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and printing examples, index, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in red on spine, dustjacket a little worn, good copy.

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 160pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn and rubbed; ownership signature on half-title page. Handsome, tight first edition of this renowned standard reference.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Wilson classic text on the history, design and craft of bookmaking. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. Some creases to cover, otherwise crisp and clean. Very good.