Stanley Morison by Nicolas Barker ISBN 13: 9780333131367

Macmillan Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Macmillan. Illustrated. Hinge at title page just starting to separate. Binding solid. Two 2" closed tears and wrinkles to top of front DJ panel. Clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1972.

Macmillan London Ltd, London, first edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 566 pp + 16 pp plates. A biography of the great typographer and eminence grise of The Times, Stanley Morison. From the blurb: "...When the war ended, Morison rebuilt his career. At the avant-garde Pelican Press he began to make a name as a typographer. He read widely and travelled all over the continent. With the Monotype appointment, he was able to put his theories on printing types into practice. Garamond, Poliphilus, Basker-ville, Fournier - the designs poured out, and took the printing world by storm. In 1924 he went to America and there met Beatrice Warde and her husband Frederic, both typographically talented, whom he brought back to Europe. After a brief but fertile partnership there was an explosion: Morison separated from his wife and Beatrice from her husband A devout Catholic could not remarry; he took refuge in more and more work. In 1925 he had become typographical adviser to the Cambridge University Press, run… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1972. 1972. First Edition. Near Fine condition in a Very Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped (£10.00 net). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Bright, clean, square and tight. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Fascinating biography of one of this century's foremost typographers. Morison was co-editor of THE FLEURON, the annual that came to be the Bible of 20th century typography. He designed the famous typeface, "Times New Roman" and was also typographical advisor to the Cambridge University Press. This well-illustrated, scholarly work is an authoritative contribution to 20th century printing and typographic history. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. From the dust jacket: "In 1923, when the Monotype Corporation appointed Stanley Morison, then 33, as Typographic… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1972. 1972. First Edition. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition (thanks to a lucky warehouse find!) NOT price clipped (£10.00 net). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Fascinating biography of one of this century's foremost typographers. Morison was co-editor of THE FLEURON, the annual that came to be the Bible of 20th century typography. He designed the famous typeface, "Times New Roman" and was also typographical advisor to the Cambridge University Press. This well-illustrated, scholarly work is an authoritative contribution to 20th century printing and typographic history. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. From the dust jacket: "In 1923, when the Monotype Corporation appointed Stanley Morison, then 33, as Typographic Adviser,… Read More