[Rarebooks] FS: Hermann Zapf

[Nina W. Matheson]

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Zapf, Hermann.   Hermann Zapf, ein Arbeitsbericht. Herausgegeben von der 
Lehrdruckerei der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt.  Hamburg, 
Maxmilian-Gesellschaft [c1984]. Original blue cloth. Small calligraphic 
book label of Johnand Jean Michael on the front pastedown. Fine. 177 pp. 
Introduction by Walter Wilkes, p. 7-10. Many facsimiles of Zapf's work, 
some in color, some tipped in.  $100.00

Zapf, Hermann.   Hunt Roman: the birth of a type. Commentary and notes by 
Hermann Zapf and Jack Werner Stauffacher.  Foreword by George H. M. 
Lawrence.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1965. 
Original gray paper boards, printed paper on the backstrip. Fine in lightly 
soiled dust jacket, lightly darkened at the bottom edges, with a short 
closed tear. One of 750 numbered copies. 24 pp., followed by 
illustrations.  $75.00

Zapf, Hermann.   Manuale typographicum. 100 typographical arrangements with 
considerations about types, typography and the art of printing selected 
from past and present in eighteen languages.  New York, Frankfurt, 
Z-Presse, 1968. Original quarter parchment and gray cloth. Fine in chipped, 
internally repaired dust jacket missing a three-quarter inch piece at the 
foot of the front panel and with several short tears. One of 975 numbered, 
signed copies. 117 numbered leaves. English translations by Paul Standard. 
A new work, not a reprint of the 1954 edition with the same title.  $400.00

Zapf, Hermann.  Pen and graver: alphabets & pages of calligraphy by Hermann 
Zapf. With a preface by Paul Standard. Cut in metal by August 
Rosenberger.  New York, Museum Books Inc. [1952]. Original quarter vellum 
and brown paper boards. Small calligraphic book label of John and Jean 
Michael on the front pastedown. Fine. One of 2,000 copies. Oblong format. 
Published in German in 1950 as "Feder und Stichel".  $400.00

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