The Dedicated Traveller [School of Graphic Arts, RCA]

Editor: Various
Publisher: School of Graphic Arts, Royal College of Art, London
Publication: 1981, First Edition (Limited to 110)
Binding: Slipcase with booklets
Pages: 20 – 32 per book
Size: 115 x 195
Text: English

Conceived as a student project, it exemplifies the RCA's emphasis on combining typographic experimentation, editorial design, and fine printing within a coherent publication. Created during a period when the School encouraged concept-driven graphic communication, the book reflects the College's influential approach to design education, balancing traditional craftsmanship with contemporary visual ideas. Today, The Dedicated Traveller is valued as an example of early-1980s RCA graphic design and the high standard of student publishing that emerged from one of Britain's leading design schools.

The individually sewn books are:

• Concerning A Journey to the Land of the Tarahumaras, by Antonin Artaud, illustrated by Tony Watson
• Travel Songs, illustrated by Carolyn Gowdy, Jane Wilkin & Chris Brown
• Extracts from the Russian Journal of Lady Londonderry, illustrated by Angela Barrett
• Extracts from Mandeville's Travels, illustrated by David Sim
• Wine, Sand and stars, by Antoine de Ssaint-Exupery
• L.A., illustrated by Nick Hardcastle
• Selections from the Records of a weather-Exposed Skeleton, by Basho, illustrated by Cathie Felstead

Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing and marking to cover/edges. Please note that some product listings use stock imagery, so the item received may not be the item shown.

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