Twentieth-Century Type by Blackwell, Lewis - 1992

Laurence King Publishing, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 240mm x 310mm. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Protected in Mylar cover (not taped to jacket or book). Very feint single tape marks to corners of black feps. Otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. Scarce first edition hardcover. 256pp An extraordinarily complete history of the art of typography in the twentieth century, from 1890 to 1990, from the editor of Creative Review. Wonderful book with many obscure and rare examples reproduced with great clarity. All of the major movements, schools and ideologies are included: Art Noveau, Jugenstil, Wiener Werkstatte, De Stijl, Dada, the Bauhaus, Tschichold's Neue Typographie, Surrealism, Depression Moderne, The Swiss and Corporate Styles, Emigre and much more..