Pages from Books.

LANSTON MONOTYPE. MEYNELL, Gerard T.

Published by Lanston Monotype Corporation, London, 1927

About this Item

Special edition on handmade paper and in a special binding. 92 illustrations of pages printed using 'Monotype'. Includes specimens of Baskerville, Bodoni, Fournier, Plantin and Poliphilus, among others, together with several decorative borders and ornaments. Printed at the Westminster Press. First edition. Pp. 94. 4to., original half vellum over blue buckram boards, decorative design and titles in gilt to upper cover and spine, t.e.g, in the original blue dust jacket. Housed in the original worn and darkened blue patterned slipcase. Jacket is faded and worn at spine, otherwise a very good copy. On the dust jacket is the publisher's note: "The pages appearing in this volume have been chosen almost entirely by the publishers of the books themselves. All the leading publishers were asked to send what they considered the best produced books they had issued in recent years. A choice was then made, leaving out pages that were too similar for our purpose. Seller Inventory # 8298

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pages from Books.

Publisher: Lanston Monotype Corporation, London

Publication Date: 1927

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition