Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A collection of forty articles, poems, and essays by practitioners of the art of bookmaking. A unique feature of this book is that its articles are set in twenty-two different typefaces; thus it serves as a student's specimen book, affording an interesting comparison of the "color" and body of various composition faces while at the same time supplementing the comments of the typographic experts. More than one hundred illustrations of printers' marks, decorative bookplates, specimen pages, etc., complement the text--From publisher description. |
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... interest . For a comprehensive and sym- pathetic account of the modern view , see Books for Our Time . That illustrated record of the exhibition sponsored by the American In- stitute of Graphic Arts ( recently published by Oxford ...
... interest . For a comprehensive and sym- pathetic account of the modern view , see Books for Our Time . That illustrated record of the exhibition sponsored by the American In- stitute of Graphic Arts ( recently published by Oxford ...
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... interest , integrity , or vision - he was endowed with the ability to grasp the salient facts of a trade or profession , and a wealth of exuberant interest in life around him . At the beginning of his career as a bookseller , he ...
... interest , integrity , or vision - he was endowed with the ability to grasp the salient facts of a trade or profession , and a wealth of exuberant interest in life around him . At the beginning of his career as a bookseller , he ...
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... interest for all those who study printing .. and specifically about operators of private presses who " have printed their books because they have judged the books worth printing for their own sakes , or worth printing in some particular ...
... interest for all those who study printing .. and specifically about operators of private presses who " have printed their books because they have judged the books worth printing for their own sakes , or worth printing in some particular ...
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
RUTH S GRANNISS Colophons | 31 |
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