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HARRY CARTER, TYPOGRAPHER
Thomas, Martyn, John A. Lane and Anne Rogers
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Printed in an edition limited to 240 copies. The bibliography lists over 200 written works by Harry Carter. He wrote primarily about the history of typography, publishing and associated crafts. He began his career as a lawyer but is remembered as "one of the least-known best-known men in the world of books." The voice of this leading typographer and typefounder is a highly respected in his field. This invaluable resource make his authoritative and concise writings available to a new generation of scholars, with location details for rarer items. This deluxe copy includes a volume of hitherto unpublished writings by Carter, including sections he drafted for the putative second volume of his history of Oxford University Press. Includes 11 tipped-in photographs of Carter, a sample of the original Curwen paper that he designed, a self-portrait when aged 13, a triple wood-engraving portrait of him by George Buday and a setting using his 'Emerald' Bible typeface. Dust jacket made of green Huhnemühle Bugra Bütten carrying a line-drawing portrait of Carter by John Watts. To be publisged Spring 2005.
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BIRD & BULL PEPPER POT: INGREDIENTS, CHOICE BITS OF UNCOM...
by Morris, Henry
Limited to "approximately 250 copies." Being the second commonplace book issued by the press. (Taylor A19) Printed by hand by Morris on Green's handmade Bird & Bull paper. Seven articles including an autobiographical sketch and the first English translation of sections of Jacob Christian Schaeffer's famous 18th-century text on papermaking. The latter contains four tinted plates showing raw material for papers. With prospectus.
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