The Noblest Roman: A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
by [Book Club of California] Kelly, Jerry and Misha Beletsky
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0981959792
- ISBN 13
- 9780981959795
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2016. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 105 of 300 copies, signed by both authors. "In this book we will endeavor to unravel some of the key elements of the story [of Bruce Rogers's Centaur typeface] and set the record straight. Examining the muddled origination of the design, the intellectual property issues involved, and the curious story of the font's recutting for machine composition, we hope to shed new light on the evolution of this seminal typeface" (introduction). Set in three digital versions of Bruce Rogers's Centaur Type: the text in a recent revival of the original foundry Centaur, rendered by Jerry Kelly, and a new caption Centaur by Toshi Omagari, used in this book for the first time, with monotype Centaur used fro display. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Printed in black and dark red. Bound in speckled cream paper covered boards with paper title label to spine panel. Bruce Rogers design to front board in brown. Clean and bright. Housed in a brown paper covered slipcase with minor sunning to edges and light rubbing to panels. 120 pages. PRI/102323.
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- Seller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36844
- Title
- The Noblest Roman: A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
- Author
- [Book Club of California] Kelly, Jerry and Misha Beletsky
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0981959792
- ISBN 13
- 9780981959795
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2016
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Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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