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A delightful sticker book of reproduced vintage luggage labels from around the worldChart a nostalgic trip around the globe with removable stickers featuring iconic luggage labels from the Letterform Archive collection. From Berlin to Gibraltar to Penang to Calcutta, the book evokes a deep nostalgia for the golden age of 20th-century travel--one populated by luxury trains, hotel matchbooks and well-dressed bellboys. Faithfully reproduced and smartly arranged in a hardcover book, this selection of 450 labels allows travel enthusiasts to stick, share and delight in designs from an era of trunk luggage and grand hotels.

A stationery set for fans of the beloved San Francisco printer San Francisco-based printer Jack Stauffacher's (1920-2017) bold experiments in letterpress expanded the ideas of wood type's formal possibilities. Born in San Mateo, California, Stauffacher began his study of printing at the age of 16 and went on to design and print outstanding books for 80 years. He was the owner and operator of Greenwood Press, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. After receiving a box of discarded wood type in 1966, Stauffacher began playing with the mismatched letterforms as a break from his daily work. His resulting typographic experiments, often featuring bold layers of letters in black, bright blue or red, are a testament to type's more expressive capabilities. Stauffacher's refined yet graphic sensibility brought him acclaim in the worlds of both traditional fine printing and modern art. Examples of his wood and metal type designs can be found in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This set of notecards and envelopes, each pair unique, displays Stauffacher's abstract yet exquisite treatments of typography.

A visual autobiography from the lettering legend behind iconic artwork for Kiss, Disney, the Knicks and many moreIn this vivid and humorous monograph-meets-memoir, Los Angeles-based lettering supremo Michael Doret shares his top-secret tricks for making mere words into iconic words-as-images for clients such as Disney, Pixar, Time, Kiss, the Knicks and more. With more than 700 images, Alphabet City traces Doret's influences from 1950s Brooklyn to 2000s LA, showcasing his clever logo, signage and poster projects along the way. It also presents and preserves the pre-digital process of custom lettering--from initial pencil sketches to printer mechanicals to final art (plus some spurned client proposals for good measure!).With original photo tutorials that teach all the classic lettering tricks, a foreword by type aficionado Nick Sherman and a freshly commissioned cover by Doret himself, Alphabet City offers a dose of welcome nostalgia--and endless inspiration--for letterform lovers of any generation.