Vintage design books from before the digital age are among the most inspiring resources for book designers. Most contemporary design books are “how-to” books that deal with software. Try these vintage gems for some old school design wisdom.

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1953 Leo Lionni PRINT Frank Lieberman Specimens The CASLON Story GRAPHIC Design

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1990 Massimo Vignelli DESIGN VIGNELLI Knoll 292 pg HC DJ Graphic Design 1st ed

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2003 Japanese JOSEF CAPEK BOOK DESIGN Czech Avant Garde Typographic Design Book

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1923 antique AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS TYPOGRAPHY ALPHABET BOOK CATALOG 1148pg FONT

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John R Biggs Basic Typography New York Watson Guptill 1972 Second Printing

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1964 Color Printing Theory Advertising Typography Beckett Papers Weyerhaeuser

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FACTS ABOUT THE MONOTYPE LANSTON MACHINE HISTORY TYPOGRAPHY

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1963 Philadelphia Art Directors Annual graphic design advertising

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ALBION LETTERPRESS PAUL PIECH PRIVATE PRESS PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY

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Vintage Poster Book Auriac 25 Ans DAffiches 1912 1935 Graphic Design Advertise

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Fr Cohen 1932 Zomerfeesten Amsterdam rare photomontage typography

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1974 Roy Carruthers PRINT magazine ILLUSTRATION Photog SIGNAGE Graphic DESIGN

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Typomundus 20 by ICTA Typographic Arts typographie antique graphic design

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1st 3rd HC 1966 BOOKMAKING Marshall Lee design production binding typography

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FONTBOOK by FontShop International typography graphic design branding

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Typography 9 type fonts lettering advertising

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1933 GRAPHIC DESIGN ADVERTISING GERMAN MODERNISM Propaganda reklamenkongress

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Kurt Hans Volk 1883 1962 Ivan Hagedorn Typography Book

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Style Book of the New York Times 1956 Newspaper Typography Print Layout Graphics

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Aynsley GRAPHIC DESIGN IN GERMANY 1890 19452000 nm+

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Poynor v TYPOGRAPHY NOW 1997 nm

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1966 Philadelphia Art Directors Annual graphic design advertising

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1977 Jean Edoard Robert PENTAGRAM PAPERS no 4 FACE TO FACE Graphic Design Promo

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Original Vintage Poster Book John Sloan American Art Nouveau Graphic Design USA

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1949 Typographic Arts TYPOGRAPHY Stanley MORISON

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Vintage Poster Book French Political History Politics Graphic Design Propaganda

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1992 The Psychedelic Issue BASELINE 15 Letraset Typography Graphic Design Magazi

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1993 Japanese Issue BASELINE 16 Citroen Film Titles Typography Graphic Design Mg

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1994 8 Rick Poynor TYPOGRAPHY NOW NXT WAVE + IMPLOSION Graphic Design 2 Vol SET

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1999 Paul Bacon DUST JACKET + RECORD ALBUM Graphic Design Exhibition Catalog

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