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An Essay on Typography

An Essay on Typography

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An Essay on Typography

by Gill, Eric

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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About This Item

London: Sheed & Ward 1931. 8vo.Limited Edition. (iv), 121 pp., bound in red cloth with orginal jacket bound to the rear. Slight rubbing to the boards. Fresh and bright internally with a firm binding. Illustrated with typography examples throughout. One of a limited run of 500 signed by the author Eric Gill and the printer Rene Hague. This copy includes a letter from Gill on Piggotts notepaper, agreeing to design a bookplate for Morley Kennerley, which is pasted to the front pastedown. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. Limited Edition. 1931.

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
64585
Title
An Essay on Typography
Author
Gill, Eric
Format/Binding
Gilt Lettered Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Sheed & Ward 1931
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1931
Size
8vo.Limited Edition
Keywords
Typography,text ,lettering,Book Design
Bookseller catalogs
Art; Design;

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Glossary

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Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...

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