ADAMS, EVELYN C.; RESER, WILLIAM M.; MCMURTRIE DOUGLAS C.; WILLIAMS, J. MILTON; KNOX, JULIE LECLERC; EHRMANN, MAX; FLICK, OKA STANTON

Indiana Magazine of History, March 1936

USA: Department of History of Indiana University, 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 1-90. Features: The Growing Concept of Social Responsibility Illustrated by a Study of the State's Care of the Insane in Indiana; Indiana's Second State Fair; The Need of a Printer in Indiana Territory; The Monticello Circuit of the Methodist Church - A Hundred Years of Methodist Progress; The Unique Little Town of New Harmony; Lincoln's Visit to Terre Haute; Values in the Study of Current Events; Lincoln and Ann Rutledge - Letter of R.J. Onstott; Views of Elisha Embree, 1835; The New States and Territories - Newburyport Herald, April 3, 1855; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Indiana Magazine of History, March 1936 The Growing Concept of Social Responsibility Illustrated by a Study of the State's Care of the Insane in Indiana; Indiana's Second State Fair; The Need of a Printer in Indiana Territory; The Monticello Circuit of th. Good .

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Book number: 845g0693

Keywords: 1936 ' ; 's ; ; Back Issues

Allen, Albert H.; McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Oregon Imprints 1847-1870

Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; ex-library, withdrawn from Mills College, but with neither highlighting nor underlining, and only a bookplate and an accession sticker inside front and rear flaps and ink-stamps to half-title to show for it. Bound in green buckram cloth, sunning to spine and to top and fore-edges, but with a bright and clean, unmarked interior. The book brings to fruition a long-term project of the then recently deceased Douglas C. McMurtrie. Complete with Subject Index, List of Printers. Prefatory Note devoted to Douglas Crawford McMurtrie (1888-1944), followed by an Introduction. 206 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 350098

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Douglas C. McMurtrie|Oregoniana|Western Americana|Oregon imprints

BOEKDRUKKUNST / DOUGLAS C.MCMURTRIE

Over de uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst waarvan de herdenking na vijfhonderd jaren in 1940 plaats vindt

Amsterdam : Brandt en Zoon & P.Proost & Zoon, 1940.. volgen hier uit Douglas C.McMurtrie's "The Book" te New York in 1937 verschenen gegeven objectieve beoordeling van de bekende feiten de hoofdstukken X en XI in Nederlandsche vertaling 62 p.,pagina-grote z/w afbeeldingen, onafgesneden, gedrukt bij Joh.Enschedé op Pannekoek papier. HARDCOVER: (Orig.half linnen, bladzijden onafgesneden.ZEER GOED)

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Book number: 81017

Catalogue: Typography

Keywords: Cultural history typography boekdrukkunst letterkunde Nederland Gedenkboek uitgeverij

McMurtrie, DOuglas C. and Albert H. Allen

Jotham Meeker

1930. McMurtrie, DOuglas C. and Albert H. Allen. JOTHAM MEEKER. Pioneer Printer of Kansas. With a bibliography of the known issues of the Baptist Mission Press at Shawanoe, Stockbridge, and Ottawa, 1834-1854. Chicago: Eyncourt Press, 1930. Limited edition, 1/650 numbered copies. Large 8vo. brick cloth, spine in gilt; illustrated, untrimmed. Cancelled library bookplate to fpd, no external marks. Slightly darkened with just a touch of shelfwear; a near fine, tight copy overall. .

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Book number: 75028

Zapf, Hermann (1918-2015); Text by Douglas C McMurtrie, Jean Cocteau and Emanuel Geibel

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Original Broadside

Frankfurt/M: 1959. Letterpress on card stock. 35.5 x52 cm. 14" x 19 7/8" broadside. Philip Hofer. Broadside of an Alphabet with quotes by Douglas C McMurtrie, Jean Cocteau and Emanuel Geibel about letters and the alphabet in a variety of languages. Calligraphed by Hermann Zapf and commissioned by Philip Hofer. Printed in 7 colors. The colophon line is in German, and can be translated as "For Philip Hofer in Cambridge, written by Hermann Zapf, Frankfurt am Main 1959". Hermann Zapf (pronounced “tsáff,” born November 8, 1918) was a German typeface designer who lived in Darmstadt, Germany and was married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Zapf’s work, which includes Palatino (1948, named after 16th century Italian writing master Giambattista Palatino) and Optima (1952, a flared sans-serif, released by Stempel in 1958. Zapf disliked its name, which was invented by Stempel’s marketers), has been widely copied, often against his will. The best known example may be Monotype’s Book Antiqua, which shipped with Microsoft Office and was widely considered a “knockoff” of Palatino. In 1993, Zapf resigned from ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorized copying by prominent ATypI members. In 1935, Zapf attended an exhibition in Nuremberg in honor of the late typographer Rudolf Koch. This exhibition gave him his first interest in lettering. Zapf bought two books there, using them to teach himself calligraphy. He also studied examples of calligraphy in the Nuremberg city library. In 1938, Zapf designed his first printed typeface for D. Stempel AG and Linotype GmbH of Frankfurt, a fraktur type called Gilgengart. In 1976, the Rochester Institute of Technology offered Zapf a professorship in typographic computer programming, the first of its kind in the world. He taught there from 1977 to 1987, flying between Darmstadt and Rochester. There he developed his ideas on digital typography further, with the help of his connections in companies such as IBM and Xerox, and his discussions with the computer specialists at RIT. Zapf used his experience to begin development of a typesetting program called the “hz-program”, which Adobe Systems acquired and later incorporated in their InDesign program. Expertise by: Dominique COURVOISIER, Expert de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Membre du Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en oeuvres d’art 5, rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris.. Provenance: from the estate of Raymond Gid who died Sunday November 12, 2000 in Paris. Born on November 25, 1905, Raymond Gid became first known through his posters, after having studied at les Beaux-Arts. As a film enthusiast, he designed many movie posters, for example Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer by Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques by Clouzot (1955). But a meeting with Guy Levis Mano (editions GLM), editor and typographer, soon directed Gid towards the book. In 1935, he publishes, together with the photographer Pierre Jahan Devot Christ de Perpignan and Chats, Chiens by Ylla. It is an intensive period of his life period: he meets Dufy, Corbusier, Hake, Lurcat and receives the gold medal for a poster at the International exhibition of Paris (1937). He reacts to the Civil War in Spain with a poster " Help to the civil populations ". Together With Father Carre, « bete-a-bon-Dieu » of the Resistance, Raymond Gid began to design liturgical texts. Apocalypse Six (an extract of the biblical text of Saint John) appeard after the war. It is one of his major works, composed in the Peignot typeface, which was designed by Cassandre in 1937. He designs several post-war period posters, for example Week of absent, a simple Lorraine cross surrounded by barbed wire on a dark background. Right from the beginning of the symposiums in Lure (Provence) in 1954, Raymond Gid participates in discussions on typography, particularly with Maximilen Vox, Charles Peignot, Roger Excoffon. Raymond Gid puts on page and illustrates the Dialogues of the Carmelite nuns by Bernanos (1954), then some pages in Caractere Noel 1955, dedicated to his friend Jan van Krimpen, the creator of dutch type faces. He plays with the breathing of the text, in the manner of Mallarme, as in his Book of hours (1959) or his Apocalypse (1964), adapting medieval text to present day tastes. He also designs posters like those for the Club Mediterranee (1961), Bally (1976) or, heavier fare, like that of Amnesty International (1973). During his whole life, Raymond Gid remained attached to the typographical arts. He liked to try out new characters in his compositions, mixing them with his very free drawings, as for example in Messidor published by the Imprimerie nationale (1989). Jean-Francois Porchez, type designer; translated from french by Babelfish and cleaned up a bit. Links Art and Poster Bally posters Chicago Center for the Print Bally posters Poster Auctions International, New York Catalogue from the personal exhibition at the Bibliotheque Forney, Paris, in 1992. .

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Book number: 16-4939

Catalogue: Ephemera

(Enschede, Charles). McMurtrie, Douglas C.

A Dutch Typefounder on the Invention of Printing.

New York: Press of Ars Typographica, 1926. 1926. - Octavo, stapled printed cream wraps. Soiled & darkened; front edges of wraps chipped. 13 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. Good.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 7205

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; HISTORY OF PRINTING; INVENTION OF PRINTING; DOUGLAS MCMURTRIE; CHARLES ENSCHEDE; JOHANNES ENSCHEDE. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). A DUTCH TYPEFOUNDER ON THE INVENTION OF PRINTING. (Enschede, Charles). McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Goudy, Frederic W. and Douglas C. McMurtrie

Ars Typographica. Volume II, Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, and Number 4

Westport, CT, Greenwood Reprint Corp, 1925. Softcover. Four issues of Volume II bound in paper wraps. Issues number continuously through page 388. Illustrated in bw throughout. Volume II, Number 1, July 1925. Volume II, Number 2, October 1925. Volume II, Number 3, January 1926. Volume II, Number 4, April 1926. Good (shelfwear to wraps, age toned pages. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 187424

Catalogue: Books and Manuscripts and Printing

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Art Periodical ; ;

Douglas C. McMurtrie

1927 the Golden Book, the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking - Past & Present

Chicago, Pascal Covici, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first and limited edition of Douglas McMurtrie's work exploring the history of bookmaking. The first edition, limited to only two thousand copies.A brilliant book about books, exploring fine books and bookmaking across history, and how it was developed.Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and in-text illustrations throughout. Written by typeface and graphic designer, Douglas Crawford McMurtrie.Published by Pascal Covici, a Romanian Jewish-American publisher and editor, who is known for his close relationship with John Steinbeck. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with gilt decoration to the boards and spine. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is a little faded. Light marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 919P49

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: The Golden Book douglas mcmurtrie fine books bookmaking douglas mcmurtrie Not Stated

McMURTRIE, Douglas C.

Alphabets: A Manual of Letter Design, with Complete Alphabets of Varied Styles of Lettering

Pelham, NY, Bridgman Publishers, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan decorative paper over boards, dust jacket. 64pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/fair. Paper loss at head of jacket spine, and jacket also age toned, rubbed and edgeworn. A tight and decent second printing of this important typeface survey by the renowned and incredibly prolific typeface designer and bibliographer (1888-1944). From the personal library of noted sculptor and painter Carl Tolpo (1901-76), who pens "1928 or 9" on the front flyleaf. Laid in is a heavy stock 5½" X 3¼" card, n.p. n.y. on which Tolpo handsomely pens some text, apparently for an artwork on a subject with which he's closely associated -- Yellowstone Park. It read in black India ink: "Lower Great Falls / of the / Yellowstone River / GRAND CA[NYON]," and again this same text, as Tolpo experimented with different type styles. Presumably this was a draft for a caption, perhaps for one of his well-known Yellowstone paintings, and McMurtrie's study was Tolpo's resource for ideas. Intriguing. .

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Book number: 38585

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Art Bibliography & Books About Books

McMurtrie, Douglas C.; Goudy, Frederic W. (introduction)

American Type Design in the Twentieth Century

Chicago, Robert O. Ballou, 1924. Cloth. Brown paper covered boards with a cloth spine. 64 pp. A history and visual survey of typefaces and type design in the United States during the early 1900s, including comparative samples and an index of typefaces. GOOD condition. Moderate fading. A few small areas of staining to the rear cover. Extremities bumped, scuffed and worn. Spine worn. Moderate toning in the interior. Owner's name present. Good .

Mare BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 015753

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Noisbn Books About Books Typography

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Amerikanische Auszeichnungsschriften.

Leipzig: 1933. 1933. - Quarto, printed cream wraps. Soiled. 7 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 6030

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Books-on-Books). (Printing). AMERIKANISCHE AUSZEICHNUNGSSCHRIFTEN. McMurtrie, Douglas C.

McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford. (1888-1944). American typeface designer.

Autograph Note Signed by American Typeface Designer Douglas Crawford Mcmurtrie.

[Chicago, IL]: circa [1937]. [1937]. - A few words penned in black ink on a sheet of cream paper 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Signed "McMurtrie". There is light creasing to the paper at bottom left & top right. Folded twice for mailing. Very good.

The note is written to "Fridolf", i.e. pressman Fridolf Johnson. McMurtrie sends Johnson a check: "Check herewith for one page. Check for the other two items will follow shortly." Johnson was apparently designing page layouts for Ludlow Typography Company in Chicago where McMurtrie was Director of Typography.

Douglas Crawford McMurtrie [1888-1944] was an American typeface designer and graphic designer. He was also one of the most important historians and bibliographers of printing. He was appointed to head up the WPA's American Imprints Inventory, a project which resulted in thirty-five publications and the deposit of more than fifteen million documents in the Library of Congress. Known for his engaging personality and his involvement in charities for the disabled, he died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 55. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 34474

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; TYPOGRAPHY; AMERICAN TYPE DESIGNER; GRAPHIC DESIGNER; BIBLIOGRAPHER OF PRINTING; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY AMERICAN TYPEFACE DESIGNER DOUGLAS CRAWFORD MCMURTRIE; ANS; A.N.S.; SIGNATURE; FRIDOLF JOHNSON; AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Balzac: Printer & Typefounder

New York, Privately printed, 1926. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Near Fine.

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Book number: b22617

(McMurtrie, Douglas).

The Beginning of Printing in Rhode Island. (in Americana. Vol. XXIX October, 1935 Number 4).

Somerville, NJ and New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1935. 1935. - Quarto, cream & brown pictorial wraps. Soiled, chipped & lightly spotted with short tears. pp. [517]-676. Sepia-toned frontispiece & sepia-toned & B&W plates, some with tissue guards. The contents are very good.

McMurtrie's article runs from page 607 through page 629. Very good .

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Book number: 7106

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; RHODE ISLAND; DOUGLAS MCMURTRIE; AMERICANA; PERIODICAL; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES. (Books-on-Books). (Printing). THE BEGINNING OF PRINTING IN RHODE ISLAND. (In Americana. Vol. XXIX October, 1935 Number 4). (McMurtrie, Douglas).

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

The Beginnings of Printing in New Hampshire

London, The Bibliographical Society, Reprinted by the University Press, Oxford from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 1934. Wraps. Printed wraps. With a few title pages reproduced in the interior. A short history of the start of printing in New Hampshire, focusing mostly on the career of the printer Daniel Fowle and his relocation from Massachusetts to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the 1750s. This includes a look at his first published book (Ames' Astronomical Diary), the New Hampshire Gazette, and his influence on other printers in the state, as well as a look at other printers in other regions of New Hampshire. GOOD condition, perhaps ex-library, with traces of a removed sticker from the lower front cover. Light pencil alphanumeric notation on the first endpaper. Some soiling, minor staining and general uneven offsetting/browning and fading to the wraps. Minor creasing, bumping and light chipping/tearing along the extremities. Good .

Mare BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 007301

Catalogue: New Hampshire History

Keywords: Noisbn Books About Books