Miscellany Type Compiled Whittington (7 results)

John Randle, in his introduction, writes, ÒUnlike most other type books, this one is intended to be enjoyed for its content as much for its typographical displays, on the principle that the subtleties of the various faces are best discovered by reading and coming to appreciate them almost unconsciouslyÉÒÉthis bookĠs purpose is toÉcelebrate that typographical renaissanceÉby showing the Monotype faces held at the Whittington Press. The choice of faces, while fairly comprehensive, is inevitably also subjective, and rather than show a little of every size of every faceÉthe plan has been to showÉwhole or half pages [that] show off [Stanley] MorisonĠs legacy in its true glory." Folio. [4], viii, 126, [1, blank] [+1, colophon] pp. Illustrated with numerous wood-engravings, sketches, and three tipped-in full-color plates. Wood engravings by Howard Phipps, Robert Gibbings, Olive Kennedy, and others. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Quarter reddish brown linen buckram spine over patterned boards with gilt spine. A fine, bright copy in a slightly soiled, near fine board slipcase. One of 530 copies, of which 460 copies were bound as this one.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Folio. [4], iv, [4], 125, [2] pp., illus., facs. Limited edition, number 379 of 460 copies from the regular edition. The full edition was 530 copies. As issued, in cloth-backed, patterned paper over boards; 3 tipped in broadsides as issued; in publisher's slipcase. This copy with additional folded broadside specimen sheet: "This magnificent series of 96-point Caslon Swash Capitals. . ." laid in; subscription card as well as manuscript note on Whittington stationary card signed by Randall thanking the recipient of the book. A beautiful copy in trivially rubbed slipcase. Randall employs 21 typefaces using between 3 and 10 sizes per face, to create this specimen book in which he presents the faces using published selections that are printed in incrementally smaller type. Faces include: Baskerville, Bodoni, Caslon, Centaur, Garamond, Perpetua, Times Roman, and more. Illustrations throughout by Gwenda Morgan, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Edward Ardizzone, and others.

The broadsides include items from the Press's collection of handmade papers acquired from the Oxford University Press, and four items assembled by Erik Voss. They include marbled paper samples for the Press of Colleen Gryspeerdt a hand-colored illustration by Carmen Voss, a signed Miriam Macgregor wood-engraving, and three blocks designed for Richard Kennedy's A Boy a the Hogarth Press, which are printed here for the first time. Quarto. [12], 125, [3] pp. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper in a variety of faces and colors. Displays over twenty types. Woodcut illustrations by Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, Hellmuth Weissenborn and others. Three tipped in handmade paper samples. Quarter-bound in Nigerian Goatskin over patterned boards. This is one of fifty-five copies in this special binding, containing a separate portfolio of broadsides of types and ornaments. A few minor spots to spines, otherwise a fine copy in slipcase. One of fifty-five copies of this special edition, out of a total edition of 530 copies.

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).

Pp. [iv]+viii+126(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), printed in yellow, brown & black in a variety of typefaces and sizes, with 3 hand-tipped specimen sheets and numerous text illustrations (several full page), appendix; super roy. 4to; qr. light brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards; top edges orange, others uncut; within cream papered slipcase with light brown buckram sides, a trifle soiled; The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1990. Edition limited to 530 numbered copies; this being one of 460 thus bound. *With publisher's publicity slip loosely inserted. The texts are extracts from books or articles published by the Whittington Press, with commentary by John Randle and John Dreyfus. Includes illustrations by Hellmuth Weissenborn, Edward Ardizzone, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Gwenda Morgan, a.o.

Edition limited to 530 copies (this, no. 375), being one of 460 copies quarter-bound; folio, pp. [8], iv, [4], 125, [7]; 3 tipped-in broadsides, illustrated throughout with wood engravings, (largely by Ardizzone, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Gwenda Morgan, Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Peter Forster, John Craig, and Hellmuth Weissenborn), line drawings, and a plethora of type styles and ornaments, from 72pt to 12pt; quarter buckram over decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine; fine in fine slipcase.

Condition: A very fine copy. Folio, illustrated with woodcuts by Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, Hellmuth Weissenborn and others, quarter Niger morocco, with separate portfolio of broadsides, in publisher's cloth & board slipcase. A very fine copy. First edition. One of 55 deluxe copies, specially bound, and with a separate portfolio, out of a total edition of 530 copies printed. The broadsides include items from the Press's collection of handmade papers acquired from the Oxford University Press, and four items assembled by Erik Voss. They include marbled paper samples for the Press of Colleen Gryspeerdt a hand-colored illustration by Carmen Voss, a signed Miriam Macgregor wood-engraving, and three blocks designed for Richard Kennedy's A Boy at the Hogarth Press, which are printed here for the first time.