The book of Oz Cooper. An appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper. With characteristic examples of his art in lettering, type designing & such of his writings as reveal the Cooperian Typographic Gospel.
by [PRINTING & TYPOGRAPHY]. COOPER, Oswald Bruce & [ROGERS, Bruce]
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About This Item
Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1949. Folio. xx, 181, [3] pp. Title in red & black, numerous facsimile leaves of type fonts, illustrations, tipped-in facsimiles, photo illustrations, some leaves printed in red & black, others blue & black, some rubricated & decorated initials. Brick-red cloth, gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, still a NF bright copy. First edition of this splendidly printed homage to the famed American type designer, lettering artist, and graphic designer. Cooper (1879-1940) headed the firm of Bertsch & Cooper who developed the ad campaigns for such companies as Packard Motor Car Company and Anheuser-Busch Breweries at the beginning of the 20th century. This work includes unfinished autobiographical notes by Cooper, Notes on Oz by W.A. Dwiggins famed type designer, as well as numerous examples of his Cooper Series Typefaces.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48711
- Title
- The book of Oz Cooper. An appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper. With characteristic examples of his art in lettering, type designing & such of his writings as reveal the Cooperian Typographic Gospel.
- Author
- [PRINTING & TYPOGRAPHY]. COOPER, Oswald Bruce & [ROGERS, Bruce]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society of Typographic Arts,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Date Published
- 1949.
- Keywords
- Typography, Printing, Type Design, Type Founding, Type Designers, Oswald Cooper, Bruce Rogers, Packard, Advertising, Art, Lettering, Calligraphy, Ornament, Illustrated Books, Festchrift
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