The New Typography. A Handbook for Modern Designers.
by TSCHICHOLD, Jan. McLEAN, Ruari
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Illustrated with numerous page specimens and typographic examples. The first English translation of Jan Tschichold’s first book, ‘Die neue Typographie’, originally published in 1928. Translated from the German by Ruari McLean. Introduction by Robin Kinross. Pp. 236. 8vo., original black cloth, lettering stamped in silver to spine, in the original dust jacket. Very slight rubbing to the jacket, otherwise a very good copy.||| The first English translation of Tschichold’s definitive 1928 treatise on book design.
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- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The New Typography. A Handbook for Modern Designers.
- Author
- TSCHICHOLD, Jan. McLEAN, Ruari
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Jan Tschichold;Typography;Book Design Book,Printing & Typography
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