{"product_id":"rudolf-koch-letterer-type-designer-teacher-first-edition","title":"Rudolf Koch: Letterer, Type Designer, Teacher. (First Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCINAMON, Gerald.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eRudolf Koch: Letterer, Type Designer, Teacher.\u003c\/em\u003e New Castle, Delaware \u0026amp; London: Oak Knoll Press \u0026amp; The British Library, 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eQuarto (29 x 22 cm). Original publisher's black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 208 pp., illustrated with approximately 300 reproductions of Koch's work. Bibliographies of Koch's writings and private-press publications. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, published simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe definitive work on Rudolf Koch (1876-1934), among the finest typographers in history. In the first three decades of the twentieth century, Koch maintained a practice of such range and integrity that it resists easy categorisation. He was a type designer whose faces — Neuland, Kabel, Koch Antiqua — became central to the visual language of the century; a calligrapher and hand letterer who worked with pen and brush on vellum and parchment in a tradition running directly back to the medieval scriptoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAs a teacher of legendary influence at the Offenbach art school, he gathered around him a community of practitioners committed to the idea that making things by hand was not a retreat from modernity but a form of human completeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGerald Cinamon, himself a Yale-trained book designer and typographer with a lifetime's practice behind him, is uniquely equipped to assess Koch's achievement, and provides a well-documented account of his life and work as a designer and teacher, perceptive insights into his design achievements, and a wealth of hitherto unpublished illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine in a very good\/near fine unclipped dust jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e. Jacket spine shows shelf fading. A small amount of extremely faint foxing to the dust jacket inner faces. Otherwise in beautiful condition throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000330\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerald Cinamon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48779049468147,"sku":"1110002940187","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_5fe23f4f-b4a9-4772-a322-361718ee0ceb.png?v=1774931749","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/rudolf-koch-letterer-type-designer-teacher-first-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}