Dwiggins Bruce Kennett (7 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Octavo, 259 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's green, white and lavender cloth bearing black lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including mild, sparse soiling. Text block has very slight wear. Pictorial end papers. Related material laid in. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. 1410295. FP New Rockville Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. W. A. Dwiggins (illustrator). Limited Deluxe Edition. NEW! Letterform Archive, 2017, Hardcover, 496 pages, Over 1,200 Illustrations, 9 × 11 × 1.25 inches. --- --- ---. This deluxe edition of WA Dwiggins: A Life in Design features a specially bound version of the book with a signed and numbered letterpress portfolio, housed together in a slipcase. The deluxe book is bound in Dwiggins-designed decorated paper over boards and a genuine leather spine stamped with Dwiggins ornaments and hand lettering by Richard Lipton. The letterpress portfolio contains 20 pages of Dwiggins's writings (some never before published), printed letterpress from Linotype. The texts five essays and two works of fiction, plus a title page and colophon are set on the Linotype in Dwiggins's Caledonia, Electra, Eldorado, Metro, and the very rare Falcon, accompanied by an assortment of Caravan ornaments. Twenty-two illustrations, hand-lettered titles, and decorated initials (all made from original Dwiggins pen-and-ink artwork in the files of Boston Public Library) accompany the text, reproduced via high-quality copper photoengravings The portfolio pages are printed by letterpress on Mohawk Superfine, in single sheets and four-page folders. The colophon page is signed by all members of the letterpress production team. The outer portfolio, made from Strathmore Grandee cover, features a Dwiggins ornament blind-embossed on the front cover . --- --- About the Book: Often credited with inventing the term "graphic design," W A Dwiggins was a quintessential maker fabricating his own tools, inventing techniques, and experimenting with design in areas as wide-ranging as modular ornament, stamps, currency, books, kites, marionettes, and theatrical sets and lighting. More than any of his contemporaries, he united the full range of applied arts into a single profession designer. Despite this, a thorough study of Dwiggins has never been published until now. W A Dwiggins: A Life in Design offers an engaging and inspiring overview of the designer's wide-ranging creative output.

Hardcover. Condition: AN. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. As New. A project of passion by Bruce Kennett, a book designer, photographer, writer, teacher and printer and likely the foremost authority on Dwiggins. He published a comprehensive biography on Dwiggins work in 2017, through another hugely successful kickstarter. In this project Bruce produced a copy that contains all of Dwiggins Athalinthia stories in a single volume, true to the vision Dwiggins had for this unpublished work. This is a copy of the standard edition. Book is as new and a wonderful addition to any fan of fine press work. Includes copy of the Caravan Poster.