True to Type - Ruari McLean - A typographical autobiography
by McLean, Ruari
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0907961118
- ISBN 13
- 9780907961116
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Castle, Delaware and West Dulwich, London: Oak Knoll Press and Werner Shaw, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 216pp. Many b/w illustrations. This is the autobiography of a book and magazine designer who played a central role in British graphic design from the 1940s to the 1980s, who edited and designed "Motif" (1958-1967) and who wrote the "Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography"..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008149
- Title
- True to Type - Ruari McLean - A typographical autobiography
- Author
- McLean, Ruari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0907961118
- ISBN 13
- 9780907961116
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press and Werner Shaw
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, Delaware and West Dulwich, London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- typography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Typography; Biography/Autobiography;
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Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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