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Lot 77:
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20 Hardcover Typography Related Books including First Principles of Typography by Stanley Morison c. 1936 with original dust jacket; Caxton edited by Susan Otis Thompson c. 1976 with original dust jacket; Facsimile copy of Historia Typographorum by Burt Franklin c. 1970; Apart from the Text by Anthony Rota c. 1998 in original dust jacket; Paperback 1800 Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and his School edited by Blanche Cirker c. 1990; Book and Printing – A Treasury for Typophiles edited by Paul A. Bennett c. 1951 First Edition in original dust jacket; Joan Hassall Engravings and Drawings by David Chambers c. 1985; Anatomy of Lettering by Russell Laker c. 1947 2nd edition; Calligraphic Styles by Tom Gourdie c. 1979; Twentieth Century Type Designers by Sebastian Carter c. 1987; Two copies of The Book of Illustrations of Orlando by Frank Broomhead c. 1995; A Renaissance Alphabet intro by Donald M. Anderson c. 1971 First Edition; The Franfrolico Press by John Arnold c. 2009; Typologia – Studies in Type Design & Type Making by Frederic W. Goudy c. 1940 in original dust jacket; Two copies of Morris Cox and the Gogmagog Press by David Chambers, Colin Franklin and Alan Tucker c. 1991; The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton by Penelope Hughes-Stanton c. 1991; Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs by Maurice Annenberg c. 1975 with original dust jacket; and Nineteenth Century Ornamented Typefaces by Nicolete Gray c. 1976 in original dust jacket. Combined lot measures approximately 12" x 9.5" x 18".
Condition: Condition – Good to Very Good – light soiling to some covers and upper edges consistent with use and age. Typologia – wear and soiling to dust jacket; The Fanfrolico Press – stain on cover; Apart from the Text – toning to dust jacket; Historia Typographorum – spine faded/soiled; Caxton – dust jacket soiled and stained; First Principles of Typography – warped, stained. Please see photos.
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