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An Essay on Typography was first published in 1931, instantly recognized as a classic, and has long been unavailable. It represents Gill at his best opinionated, fustian, and consistently humane. It is his only major work on typography and remains indispensable for anyone interested in the art of letter forms and the presentation of graphic information.
This manifesto, however, is not only about letters their form, fit, and function but also about man's role in an industrial society. As Gill wrote later, it was his chief object "to describe two worlds that of industrialism and that of the human workman & to define their limits."
His thinking about type is still provocative. Here are the seeds of modern advertising unjustified lines, tight word and letter spacing, ample leading. Here, too, is vintage Gill, as polemical as he is practical, as much concerned about the soul of man as the work of man; as much obsessed by the ends as by the means.
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Condition: Aceptable. : An Essay on Typography es un análisis profundo de la tipografía y su impacto social, escrito por Eric Gill. Esta edición, que es un facsímil de la segunda edición de 1936, incluye una nueva introducción de Christopher Skelton. Gill explora la relación entre la tipografía y la sociedad, ofreciendo una perspectiva valiosa sobre el diseño y su influencia cultural. EAN: 9780853315094 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Arte y Cultura Título: An Essay on Typography Autor: Eric Gill Idioma: en Páginas: 133. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-04-08-ab3b71e9
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile of 2nd ed. published London, Sheed & Ward, 1936. 133 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Fifth edition. Green boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 017169
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An essay on typography. With a new introduction by Christopher Skelton.
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Fifth edition. 133 Seiten, In englischer Sprache. Der Schutzumschlag vorn mit zwei Fleckchen, sonst sehr ordentliches und innen sauberes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 230 Original-Leinen, Original-Schutzumschlag, 11x17cm, Zustand: 3. Seller Inventory # 104689
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile hardback reprint of a the 1936 edition with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton, 1988, in an unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed and toned to spine and edges; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and typographic examples bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Seller Inventory # 240700
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. A very good copy, of the fifth edition, first printing of this seminal essay on typography. Dust Jacket: coloured paper with cream coloured lettering on red to front, and on green to rear, spine cream coloured with red lettering; red and green lettering to cream coloured flaps; very clean and bright, very few signs of shelf wear (now protected). Cover: dark green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, very clean and bright, few if any signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; overall in extremely good condition. Black and white examples of typography throughout. xvi, 144 pp. Seller Inventory # 002971
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