Alfred tolmer (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black and yellow hardcover. Light wear to the edges and corners. A few light scratches to the back cover. All pages and plates are in fine condition. The slipcase is rubbed at the edges, with slight loss.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Bound in publisher's original printed boards with design in black, yellow and silver. Hardcover. Cloth spine frayed at hinges. Clean, unmarked pages. 120 unnumbered pages, Illustrated with sixteen plates, from artists Fernand Leger, Marie Laurencin, Georges Braque and Marcelin Peynet, and with further vignette and full page illustrations, designed by Louis Caillaud; 28 cm. Minor shelf wear. Lacks slip case. Text is in English and French. The definitive treatise on graphic design, which continues to be consulted today, if only for the inspirational layout alone. The volume deals with photography, typography, and illustration, using unusual techniques of collage, pochoir, and coated papers. Tolmer published a French language edition himself and an English language edition with The Studio magazine, which was printed in London and includes the French text at the back.…

Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in orange cloth, suspected re-binding because the plain orange cloth does not match the printed yellow boards of other volumes for sale. The definitive treatise on graphic design, which continues to be consulted today, if only for the inspirational layout alone. The volume deals with photography, typography, and illustration, using unusual techniques of collage, pochoir, and coated papers. He published a French language edition himself and an English language edition with The Studio magazine, which was printed in London and includes the French text at the back. VG. NOT EX-LIB, but likely still a rebound copy. Interior cle and unnarjd. …

First Edition. 25 x 21cm. Paperback, unpaginated [10pp]. Fully illustrated children's book in colour, with text in French. A rare and fragile inter-war Tolmer item, printed in France, and published at Maison Tolmer's base at 15 Quai Bourbon in Paris, but also with New York distribution via The Peasant Village, 245 Fifth Avenue. Tolmer spanned three generations, with Alfred Tolmer overseeing operations, later with Bernard and Claude Tolmer. Alfred Tolmer published an important work on graphic design in 1930 titled 'Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Layout'. Spine very tender, wraps almost detaching from the staples, foldcrease along centre. Some slight chipping to the edges. Fair condition.…

First Edition. 28 x 22cm. Hardcover in slipcase, unpaginated [approx. 145pp]. Very good condition with playful satyr-based illustrated bookplate of F.A. Mercer (i.e. Frank Alfred Mercer, British author, editor of inter-war 'Modern Publicity' and 'Posters and Publicity' journals, and company secretary to The Studio Ltd., etc). Published by Studio in London, but printed in Paris. English text, with final pages in French. A stunning production showcasing state-of-the-art graphic design and innovations in materials, embossing and printing, featuring foiled designs, celluloid, textured gloss prints by artists, modernists, cartoonists, printmakers etc. Louis Caillaud, Mazenod, Ray Bret Koch [i.e. Raymond Bret-Koch], Jean Moral, Raymond Peynet, Claude Tolmer, Serge Wischnevsky, Charlotte Meyer, and others, with reproductions of artworks by Marie Laurencin, Georges Braque, and Fernand Leger, et al. The slipcase has minor chipping to the base, internally very good condition indeed. An excellent example with interesting provenance.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. The first edition of Alfred Tolmer's 'Mise en Page', a masterpiece of Art Deco design, and an impressive guide to the art of graphic design and page composition. The first edition of this sought after work, retaining the original slip case.Tolmer presents a classic work on graphic design, layout, and typography, with a wealth of practical advice on visual presentation.The book and slip case are notable for their Art Deco aesthetic.Illustrated with sixteen vibrant plates, from artists including Fernand Léger, Marie Laurencin, Georges Braque and Marcelin Peynet, and with further vignette and full page illustrations, designed by Louis Caillaud.Collated, complete.Foils, embossing, hand-painting, applique, wood veneer, and enamelling are among the design devices destroyed and demonstrated.The work of Alfred Tolmer, a specialist in graphic design and colour printing.An impressive and essential guide, examining principles of typography, colour, and layout. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards, in paper covered slip case. Externally, bright. Tail of front joint and centre of rear joint starting, with front board firmly held and rear board a touch tender. Bumping to slip case perimeters and joints, with handling marks to boards and with orange portion age toned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, and generally clean. Flowers from first plate have been partially adhered and subsequently removed from the leaf opposite, resulting in small losses of paper. Small closed tear to fore edge of one text leaf, and to tail of one plate. Significant instances of paper adhered to a further plate. Good. Fernand Léger; Marie Laurencin; Georges Braque; Marcelin Peynet; Louis Caillaud (illustratore). book.…