A tally of types : with additions by several hands / by Stanley Morison; edited by Brooke Crutchley.

Morison, Stanley

ISBN 10: 0521200431 / ISBN 13: 9780521200431

Published by Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1973., 1973

About this Item

Hardcover: Near fine. Dustjacket: Good, clipped, extremities toned, and closed tear at the top edge, now in protective wrapper. Internals, clean, unmarked and fresh. [New ed.] Previous ed. Cambridge: privately printed, 1953. Preface Brooke Crutchley; Introduction Stanley Morison and P. M. Handover; The Tally Stanley Morison; Appendix A. Van Diijck Netty Hoeflake; Appendix B. Ehrhardt Harry Carter; Appendix C. Romulus John Dreyfus; Notes; Index. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch invoice "From catalogue 1090, item no. 110." ; thence Queanbeyan, NSW, the collection of L. F. Fitzhardinge (1908 1993). Near fine copy. Scarce. Seller Inventory # ABE-1676923530268

Bibliographic Details

Title: A tally of types : with additions by several...

Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1973.

Publication Date: 1973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis:

The Tally of Types was first circulated in a privately printed edition in 1953, achieving a fame and influence wholly disproportionate to the comparatively small number of copies in existence. In 1973 Cambridge University Press published a version edited and expanded by Brooke Crutchley and others, making this classic of typographical history and practice available to a wider readership; it is this edition we have reprinted here. Stanley Morison provided the impetus and judgement behind the programme of typographical revival carried through by the Monotype Corporation in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Tally is an account, historical, critical and functional, of the types cut under Morison's direction during this period. It is an impressive performance: a fine example of what is now recognised as Morison's characteristic blend of erudition and insight. What started as no more than an attempt to record the facts developed, under his hand, into one of the major statements of typographical practice of its time.

Book Description:

Stanley Morison provided the impetus and judgement behind the programme of typographical revival carried through by the Monotype Corporation in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Tally is an account, historical, critical and functional, of the types cut under Morison's direction during this period.