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Facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. 133 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 12mo..
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It deals with technical difficulties, the history and evolution of letters, the craft of typography, type design and manufacturing, even orthography, and is written with clarity, humility, and a touch of humor. --Paul Rand, The New York Times Book Review
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Essay on Typography
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An Essay on Typography
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0853315094. Seller Inventory # 2325494
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An Essay on Typography
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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, London, 1988
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ISBN 13: 9780853315094
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the facsimile of the 1936 second edition with the Joanna typeface designed by Gill in 1930. 13pp new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Slight age toning to the pages otherwise a fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Appears unread. Seller Inventory # 008042
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An Essay on Typography
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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0853315094. Seller Inventory # 9765640
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An Essay on Typography
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile of 2nd ed. published London, Sheed & Ward, 1936. 133 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Fifth edition. Green boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 017169
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Essay on Typography
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Good condition hardback in good dust jacket. Jacket worn but not torn. Text block clean. Dust to top cut edge. Binding tight. Seller Inventory # 000065
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AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY. Fifth Edition, with a new Introduction by Christopher Skelton.
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8vo, (196 mm), 160p. illustrated with letter samples. A good copy in original green hardback boards, gilt lettered. (Gill, Corey & Mackenzie Eric Gill a bibliography 21 note) A photo-lithograph facsimile reprint of the 1936 edition with the added introductory matter. Skelton's introduction was also set in Gill's Joanna typeface, but on this occasion filmset in Linotron 202 10 on 13pt. A previous [idiot] owner has cut the blurb from the front fold-in of the dustjacket and tipped it onto the front free endleaf. Seller Inventory # 25074
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An Essay On Typography
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile hardback reprint of a the 1936 edition with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton, 1988, in an unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed and toned to spine and edges; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and typographic examples bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Seller Inventory # 240700
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An Essay on Typography
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ISBN 10: 0853315094
ISBN 13: 9780853315094
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine unused book in fine unblemished dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 037793
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An Essay on Typography
Seller: Linda Corrigan, Knutsford, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. A very good copy, of the fifth edition, first printing of this seminal essay on typography. Dust Jacket: coloured paper with cream coloured lettering on red to front, and on green to rear, spine cream coloured with red lettering; red and green lettering to cream coloured flaps; very clean and bright, very few signs of shelf wear (now protected). Cover: dark green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, very clean and bright, few if any signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; overall in extremely good condition. Black and white examples of typography throughout. xvi, 144 pp. Seller Inventory # 002971
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