Douglas Cleverdon — Stanley Morison and Eric Gill 1925-1933

Unknown, Privately Printed, 1983. Paperback. A very smart limited edition of this charming account of the friendship and collaboration between British typographers and printmakers Stanley Morison and Eric Gill. Limited to two hundred and thirty copies printed for the subscribers in presentation to Douglas Cleverdon on his eightieth birthday, of which this is number forty-five. With a letter from Douglas Cleverdon for subscribers addressed to Gerald Cinamon, an English book designer who was appointed Chief Designer for Penguin Books. The letter is signed by Cleverdon. Illustrated with eleven images across seven plates. Collated complete. An essay on the friendship, key working relationship, and collaborative work styles of Stanley Arthur Morison, a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing, and Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. This work explores the time frame of 1927 to 1933 as an appropriate period to review their work together and the author's own experiences with each individually. Written by Thomas Douglas James Cleverdon, an English radio producer and bookseller. In both fields he was associated with numerous leading cultural figures. In the original patterned card wraps. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .