THE FLEURON: A journal of typography. Edited by Oliver Simon [vols. I-IV] and Stanley Morison [vols. V-VII]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: at the Office of the Fleuron, 1923-25; Cambridge: University Press; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926-, 1930. 7 volumes (all published), folio; original cloth and cloth over boards, a good set or better, with moderate wear, staining (as below), and some light foxing to the prelims and terminals. A famous periodical on the printing arts and bibliographical study, with numerous color and black & white illustrations, tip-ins, facsimiles, type samples, ornaments, and specimens, some folding, and with a host of influential contributors: Stanley Morison, Holbrook Jackson, D. B. Updike, W.A. Dwiggins, Frederic Warde, J. Van Krimpen, and others. A good, and still reasonably sound set, from the library of Kim Merker. Volume I with waterstain along lower edge of front cover and affecting flyleaves, but not any letterpress; volume II in slipcase and with slight waterstain along the lower edge, not affecting text block; volume III in slightly torn dust jacket; volume IV in a slightly torn dust jacket; volume V with waterstain at lower edge of cover, not affecting text block; volume VI in a torn dust jacket; volume VII with the bookplate of Paul Johnson, with an inserted article by him on Frederick W. Goudy inserted, and signed by him.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61497
- Title
- THE FLEURON: A journal of typography. Edited by Oliver Simon [vols. I-IV] and Stanley Morison [vols. V-VII]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- at the Office of the Fleuron, 1923-25; Cambridge: University Press; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Typography , , ,
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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