cloth, dust jacket
1988 · London
by Tracy, Walter
London: Gordon Graser Gallery, 1988. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
Through the perspective of sixty years of close ties to the world of design and technology, Tracy describes the typographic scene. The first group of essays discusses the growth of typography, particularly the developments of the 1920's and 30's. He later goes on to discuss the role of the typographer and the two basic methods of typographic arrangement. Well illustrated. Fine copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. (Inventory (truncated)
Through the perspective of sixty years of close ties to the world of design and technology, Tracy describes the typographic scene. The first group of essays discusses the growth of typography, particularly the developments of the 1920's and 30's. He later goes on to discuss the role of the typographer and the two basic methods of typographic arrangement. Well illustrated. Fine copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. (Inventory (truncated)