Printing of To-day. An Illustrated Survey of Post-war Typography in Europe and the United States.

Oliver Simon; Julius Rodenberg; Aldous Huxley (introd.)

Verlag: Peter Davies Limited, 1928

Beschreibung

pp. xix, [1], 83, with 122 illustrations, many in two color; 13.5 x 10". Quarter cream cloth,gray-tan paper sides, gilt spine title; original printed dustjacket a little chipped at head of spine, and age-toned around edges. Binding, boards and pages are clean and well-preserved; overall a very good copy. Three essays ("Printing in England" by Simon; "Printing in the United States" by Paul Beaujon (i.e., Beatrice Warde); and "Continental Printing" by Rodenberg) are accompanied by the plates that illustrate typograhy and fine printing in the first decades of the twentieth century. Included are examples of the work of The Shakespeare Head Press, The Golden Cockerel Press, The Curwen Press, Oxford University Press, The Merrymount Press, Bruce Rogers, D. Stempel, Officina Serpentis, Bauersche Giesserei, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen and Guido Modiano. Printed at the Curwen Press. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 280

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Printing of To-day. An Illustrated Survey of...

Verlag: Peter Davies Limited

Erscheinungsdatum: 1928

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Jacket Included

Auflage: 1st Edition