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Gill produced this book of alphabets for Cleverdon in 1926 when he was staying in Bristol with Desmond Chute with the purpose Cleverdon in his…

The Death of Hector was a radio play written by Rene Hague, son in law and partner of Eric Gill. Hague was multi-talented and here…

This was a companion volume to Koch’s edition of the Gudrunsliede which he designed and supervised.

With the booklabel of Thea Maller-Güttmann

One of the series of “Werkdrucke” issued commercially by the Bremer Presse between 1923 and 1930. The books were designed in the Press’s workshop using…

One of the series of “Werkdrucke” issued commercially by the Bremer Presse between 1923 and 1930. The books were designed in the Press’s workshop using…

The festschrift for Emil Rudolf Weiss, a leading German calligrapher, typographer, type and book designer who worked in the first half of the 20th century…

With the original prospectus loosely inserted.

Justin Loëven was known to be making these kind of printed illuminations in England in the second half of the 19th century. He produced valentines…

A fine example of Bruce Roger’s mastery of typography, design and illustration. For his design of Auguste Bernard’s important work on Geofroy Tory – the…

Together with a volume presented to John Douglas (President of the Caledonian Society of London 1920-21 and Secretary 1909-10) organised by the Federated council of…

A remarkable and exquisite manuscript of The Lord’s Prayer by the great French calligrapher Gilles Rousselet (1610-1686). He worked as calligrapher, engraver and printer-publisher at…

Percy Smith’s essay on architectural typography, ‘a plea for the greater consideration of lettering more especially in relation to architecture’, reprinted here from ‘The Architectural…

A really lovely book in praise of the countryside.