Australia: Opifex, 2020. 6 × 9 inches. Paperback. 144 pages. "At the core of Gehl's fascinating account of a most improbable yet successful typographic partnership is America's tentative steps toward Modernism at a time when revivalism remained prevalent and the modern spirit was considered to be culturally of dubious intent. Gehl chronicles in engrossing detail and with admirable clarity the subversive energies of McMurtrie, a modernist who would tell anyone willing to listen, and Middleton.....

Read moreCHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. Author Simon Loxley will be providing an online presentation with The William Morris Society on June 19, 2021, 5:00pm-6:00pm, titled Emery Walker: Typographer. Sign up here: https://williammorrissociety.org/event/online-talk-emery-walker-typographer/. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." -.....

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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. "The texts of the three lectures are given with a plethora of well-reproduced visual aids: almost every manuscript, piece of printed matter or artefact that Walker referred to is illustrated close to the reference, from a wide variety of sources." - Sebastian Carter, Journal of the Printing Historical Society Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the.....

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New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover with jacket. 325 pages. "...if you want to understand magazines erstwhile power, schedule a visit to the Grolier Club by April 24 to see Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights From the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.... Dr. Lomazow describes the exhibition (which he curated with a librarian, Julie Carlsen, while also creating a richly detailed catalog) as an "epitaph" for the printed magazine.".....

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Berkeley, CA: CODEX Foundation, The, 2020. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Smythe sewn, letterpress printed wrapper. 144 pages. This issue features reviews of books and exhibitions, a profile on the French bookbinder Louise Bescond, a photo essay on the Bixler Typefoundry, book shopping in Paris, an artists insights to her own process, a curators favorite artists books, and a booksellers perspective on book collecting. With contributions from: Megan Adie, Tatjana Bergelt, Michael Bixler, Deirdre Brollo, Carolee.....

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New York: Grolier Club, The, 2021. 7.375 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 301 pages. Bryan A. Garner's Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) is the companion to the Grolier Club exhibition of the same title (March 3 to May 15, 2021). Featuring 100 items, Garner's book makes the primers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries come alive in ways their concerned and idiosyncratic authors might not have envisioned. While Garner.....

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