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Verona: Valdonega, 1973. Unbound. Near Fine. Publisher's Prospectus. One sheet folded to make four pages. Creases from folds, else near fine. With order form for book laid in.

Valdonega, January 1980. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. used hardcover copy, lacking a dust jacket. some shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket.

Verona Italy: Edizioni Valdonega, 1977. (4) printed sides, the prospectus for this publication. With contents page, specimen page; back cover giving details: "...A substantial portion of this work was written by Giovanni Mardersteig before his death in 1977. Hans Schmoller, a dedicated friend, together with Mrs. Irmi Mardersteig and Martino Mardersteig brought it to completion..." And details of the production and distribution by the Chiswick Book Shop Inc. of Connecticut for the 500 copies of the American edition. Approx. 8" x 12" size, printed on heavy quality cream paper stock; little bit of surface crinkling, clean and in very good condition. . Prospectus. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The essential bibliography and a good read, some great stories from the printer. Near fine, minor handling wear only. This is a heavy book, so please do not order from outside the USA -- postage would be more than the book. Ships media in the USA ONLY.

Valdonega, January 1980. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. used hardcover edition in slipcase. minor tearing to upper edge of slipcase; light scuffing to slipcase; bumping to slipcase edges. cloth binding is clean and tight with negligible wear. pages are clean and bright.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First edition, 4to, lix, 286, [2]pp., one of 1,500 copies, facsimiles (some printed in two colours), orig. publishers cloth, slight sign of tape having been removed from base of spine. A detailed illustrated catalogue of all of the editions produced at this world-famous press, with the introduction forming an important account of Mardersteig as scholar, printer and publisher.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980).. First edition, folio, lix, (i), 285, (1) pp. Photographic frontispiece and facsimile examples in the text. Original buckram, card slipcase, an excellent copy.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First edition, 4to, lix, 286, [2]pp., one of 1,500 copies, facsimiles (some printed in two colours), orig. publishers cloth, a very good copy. A detailed illustrated catalogue of all of the editions produced at this world-famous press, with the introduction forming an important account of Mardersteig as scholar, printer and publisher.

Edizioni Valdonega , 1980. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine copy. No inscriptions.

Edizioni Valdonega, Verona, 1980. Hardback original cloth, no slipcase. 31 x 22cm. lix, [1], 285pp, [3]. One of an edition of 1500 copies. Numerous illustrations, some printed in colour. A heavy book, additional postage required for delivery outside the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega., (1980).. First US edition.. 4to. lix + 285 pp w/indexes. Fine in full decorated cloth. Near fine cardstock slipcase with a printed label added to the top edge. Edited and translated by Hans Schmoller.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. One of 1500. Hardcover. A fine copy in cloth with spine label in red and gold stamping with the original cardboard slipcase. 4to. Mardersteig, 1892-1977, moved to Switzerland in 1922, founded a hand press, the Officina Bodoni, and began producing books. In 1927 he moved his press to Verona, Italy, partly in order to print a state-funded edition of the complete works of Gabriele D'Annunzio, which was completed in 1936. Mardersteig quickly developed a reputation for very fine typographical work, and for his scholarly approach to book design and production. He printed with a Dingler hand press on hand or mould-made papers or vellum and often had his books bound in quarter vellum or leather with a decorated paper on the boards, in the tradition of European private presses. Mardersteig was responsible for designing several typefaces for use at the press; Dante, Griffo and Zeno among them. All based on Humanist types of the early years of European printing. The punches… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Valdonega, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. As new clean tight and bright large format hardcover in slipcase with prospectus laid in looks unread. One of 1500. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. Cloth. Fine. 12" by 8.5". Not Stated. A beautiful limited edition catalogue and history of the Officina Bodoni, illustrated throughout. A limited edition work, limited to fifteen hundred copies.In the original publisher's slipcase. Slipcase in a very good condition.A fascinating study of the works produced by the Officina Bodoni between 1923 to 1977.Officina Bodoni was a private press, known for producing books of a very high quality and fine craftsmanship.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and many illustrations throughout.By Giovanni Mardersteig, translated into English by Hans Schmoller. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original paper-covered slipcase. Externally, fine. Slipcase is a little discoloured, with some tears to the edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase in a very good condition. Fine

Valdonega, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega/ David R. Godine, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Tan buckram stamped gilt on a red field, slipcase. 4to., lx, 288 pages, 116 reproductions of specimen pages. Bibliographical account of the 198 titles with commentaries and indexes. One of 1,500 copies (500 copies in English) designed, composed and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. Loosely inserted are the four page prospectus, folded, along with four-page prospectuses for The Overcoat; Songs from Shakespeare's Plays; A Letter in Praise of Verona; The Sayings of the Seven Sages of Greece (the last two each with a loose specimen page); The Fables of Aesop (ten pages with a color wood engraving); and The Kind of Poetry I Want. A fine copy in archival mylar in a very good card slipcase.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Natural cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in dark red panel on spine; slipcase; 4to; pp. lix, [1], [286], illustrated in b/w and color. One of 500 copies of the American edition, distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop. With the prospectus laid-in. Spine tips bumped, otherwise fine, in worn slipcase. Explores the making of books, the complete works of Gabriele d'Annunzio, type-faces, and devices. Indexed by title, author, illustrator, type designer, editor and/or translator, publishers, type-face. A detailed reference.

Verona, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega S.r.l., 1980. Hardcover with paper slipcase. 4to (12" x 8.25"), grey-tan cloth with gilt-ornamental cover and author-title gilt on red cloth on spine. lix, 286 pp. some color illus., mostly b&w illus. Previous owner initials inscribed in pencil on ffep. CONDITION: Fine, minimal wear to extremities of slipcase but book like new. First edition, first printing. One of 1500 copies. Collects, for the first time, the history and publications of the Officina Bodoni.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. tan basket weave cloth, gilt Bodoni device front cover, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in publisher's shipping case. 286 pages, 20.5 x 21.5. Edited by Hans Schmoller. Limited edition, one of 1500. Illustrated, some in color. A history of the books, type faces, devices and the titles handsomely printed by the Stamperia Valdonega.