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Alphabet & Image, No.8 1948

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Editor: Robert Harling
Publisher: Shenval Press
Publication: 1948, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 100
Size: 200 x 248
Text: English

British quarterly devoted to typography, graphic design, printing, and the visual arts. Combining essays on book design, lettering, illustration, and fine printing with outstanding production standards, it reflected Britain's post-war revival of typographic and artistic culture. After eight issues, the journal split into two specialist successors: Alphabet, devoted to typography, and Image, focused on the visual arts.

Contents:

  • James Shand: AUTHOR AND PRINTER: G. B.S. AND R. & R. C.: 1898-1948
  • Thomas Balston: THE RIVER BOOKS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS
  • Percy Muir: A SERENDIPITOUS BIBLIOGRAPHY: a review
  • Ambrose Heal: 17TH-CENTURY TRADE-CARDS
  • Douglas Newton: PAINTINGS OF PLASTICS BY EDWARD WADSWORTH
  • Konrad Bauer: HEINRICH JOST: an obituary
  • James Thorpe: CHARLES KEENE: THE LAST PHASE

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

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