A MISCELLANY OF TYPE. Compiled at Whittington [in order to show the Monotype Faces held at the Whittington Press] (Introduction by John Randle.)
Published by The Whittington Press, 1990
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Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United KingdomBlackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
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26/460 COPIES (from an edition of 530 copies) printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper throughout in black and a variety of autumn colours through the browns to orange, all heightened with a selection of illustrations from earlier Whittington books and inserted type facsimiles, pp. viii, 127, folio, original quarter terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, patterned paper boards, touch of rubbing at extremities, top edge orange, others untrimmed, cloth and board slipcase, near fine. This copy with the additional signature of the book's printer, John Randle, at the colophon. '.this book's purpose is to in some way celebrate [the] typographical renaissance that ended twenty years ago by showing the Monotype faces held at the Whittington Press. The choice of faces, while fairly comprehensive, is inevitably also subjective. the plan has been to show, particularly in the little-seen larger sizes, whole or half-pages to show off Morison's legacy in its true glory. The texts are extracts from books or articles published by the Press since it started in 1971' (Introduction) Typefaces: Baskerville, Bell, Bembo, Bodoni, Caslon, Centaur, Cochin, Fournier & Barbou, Garamond, Gill Sans, Goudy Modern, Lutetia, Modern, Perpetua, Plantin, Poliphilus & Blado, Romulus, Scotch Roman, Times Roman, Van Dijck, Walbaum. (Butcher 105).…
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- Title
- A MISCELLANY OF TYPE. Compiled at Whittington [in order to show the Monotype Faces held at the Whittington Press] (Introduction by John Randle.)
- Author
- (Whittington Press.)
- Publisher
- The Whittington Press
- Publication year
- 1990
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Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
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