Introduction To Typography: Edited by David Bland
by Simon, Oliver
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. Revised edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo; xii, 164 pages, blue cloth
Simon edited "Signature" magazine, and was Chairman of The Curwen Press from 1939 to 1956. This edition has been revised by David Bland, with changes such as the addition of Linotype and Intertype faces, with other updated details. It includes a section on printing poetry. Some plates in color.
Simon edited "Signature" magazine, and was Chairman of The Curwen Press from 1939 to 1956. This edition has been revised by David Bland, with changes such as the addition of Linotype and Intertype faces, with other updated details. It includes a section on printing poetry. Some plates in color.
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0006420
- Title
- Introduction To Typography
- Author
- Simon, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Caslon type, type, typography, hand press printing, Linotype, Curwen Press, Oliver Simon
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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