Shelfmark
Kaa.3.07
Author
Title
Fond of printing : Gordon Craig as typographer & illustrator / by Colin Franklin ; with a foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general.
Varying form of title
Fond of printing : Gordon Craig as typographer and illustrator
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : The Typophiles, 1980.
Physical description
89, [3] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims ; 18 cm.
Series statement
(Typophile chap book ; 54)
Note
"Designed by Abe Lerner and printed in the Summer of 1980. 500 copies made for the Typophiles, 450 for the Book Club of California, and 400 in paperback for Hurtwood Publication for sale in Great Britain. There are also 125 special copies signed by the author and containing two unique woodcuts by Gordon Craig" - colophon.
Note
Publisher's case binding with maroon cloth spine blocked in gilt and sage green paper sides with rose design by Gordon Craig blocked in black on front cover; with original plain glassine dust-jacket.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Foreword / by Edward Craig -- Fond of printing -- Gordon Craig as typographer and illustrator -- The journals and programmes -- Minor pieces -- An odd discovery / by Edward Gordon Craig.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Copy-specific note
Ordinary copy of the New York issue.
Subject
Subject
Illustration of books.
Subject
Typographers Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Printing Great Britain History 20th century.
Subject
Printers Great Britain Biography.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 Odd discovery.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Lerner, Abe, 1908 - 2002 book designer.
Added entry--name
Typophiles (New York, N.Y.) publisher.
Added entry--place
United States New York.
Identifier
B47053