Charles W Smith Illus (3 results)

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Small 4to, 621, 838 pp. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. Illus. with musical examples (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo. (17)pp. Woodcut frontispiece by Smith, who also contributed the tail-piece at the colophon. Set in Hammer Uncial type and produced to commemorate the centenary of Morris's birth. Bound in quarter buckram with blue paper over boards and paper spine label, evocative of bindings completed at Morris's Kelmscott Press. Some staining to buckram, mild edge shelf-toning and wear, else very good. Some gatherings unopened. One of 145 copies. Signed and numbered by the printer, Arthur W. Rushmore. Frontispiece illustration signed by Smith. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo. (17)pp. Woodcut frontispiece by Smith, who also contributed the tail-piece at the colophon. Set in Hammer Uncial type and produced to commemorate the centenary of Morris's birth. Bound in quarter buckram with blue paper over boards and paper spine label, evocative of bindings completed at Morris's Kelmscott Press. Mild rubs to edges, adhesive shine-through at presentation label, else near fine. Bennett (1897-1966) was an American typographer who worked as the director of typography at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and served as head of the Typophiles. One of 145 copies. Signed and numbered by the printer, Arthur W. Rushmore. Frontispiece illustration signed by Smith. Presentation copy to Paul A. Bennett. …