Albert Forbes Johnson (1 results)
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Good+ dust jacket. New Edition, Revised & Enlarged. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. Near Fine condition in a Good+ dust jacket (edge chips). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Offset to front…endpaper, as usual. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 95 illustrations. Fold-out reproduction of an 1750 engraving of a type foundry at work. 1952. First printing of this new edition. Revised and enlarged by Albert Forbes Johnson, with help fromMorison, Pollard and other bibliographers of his generation. Said to be the most important source on the subject. Contents: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the new edition. Introduction. 23 chapters on English type bodies and faces; the Oxford University Foundry; Joseph Moxon; William Caslon; John Baskerville, William Martin; William Miller, Thomas and John James, State control of English letter-founding; Typefounders and mechanical inventions; etc. A lengthy bibliography of sources consulted. Detailed index. Bound in the original dark green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 8" wide by 11" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. Hart 99. See Bigmore & Wyman II, 245. . New Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good+ dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 414pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).