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THE SHAPING OF OUR ALPHABET A STUDY OF CHANGING TYPE STYLES.
Denman, Frank
First edition. Traces the evolution of type faces from Jenson to Bruce Rogers and W.A. Dwiggins. Illustrated. Jacket toned. Bookplate of Susan Otis Thompson (detached and exposing glue stains). Old newspaper article on free endpaper.
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ILLUSTRATIONS TO YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS DONE IN WATER-COL...
by Blake, William
Printed for the Fogg Art Museum by the Harvard University Press in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies (Bentley 395). Prefatory Note by Chester N. Greenough. Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes. Thirty plates, five in color, selected from the 537 original water-colors in the library of William Augustus White. An excellent job of color facsimile, showing the glory of the original water-colors. Portfolio is faded.
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