STANLEY MORISON.
by BARKER, Nicolas (Nicolas John), 1932- :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Macmillan London, (1972). First edition. Both the best life of Stanley Morison (1889-1967) and an authoritative account of typography in the twentieth century - with much incidental material on Lord Astor, R. M. Barrington-Ward, Lord Beaverbrook, Robert Bridges, William Burch, Cambridge University Press, Eric Gill, Victor Gollancz, Edward Johnston, Hans Mardersteig, the Monotype Corporation, Bruce Rogers, Oliver Simon, The Times, D. B. Updike, Beatrice and Frederic Warde, etc. Foolscap 4to (25cm). 566,[ii]pp. Plates. Portraits. Original cloth; mild spotting of edges, but a very good copy in a slightly furled and nicked dust-jacket, with a short tear to the upper panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21083
- Title
- STANLEY MORISON.
- Author
- BARKER, Nicolas (Nicolas John), 1932- :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan London, (1972).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Typography, Biography
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