Francis Meynell — The Typography of Newspaper Advertisements

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume on typography by Francis Meynell, the founder of Nonesuch Press. The first edition.Francis Meynell's monograph on the typography used in newspaper advertisements, displaying a variety of English, American, French, Dutch, and German type-faces. Including a table for calculating the number of words of any type which can be fitted in a given space.With typographic examples throughout, and a gallery of advertisements to the final seventy-two pages.Meynell was a poet, and the founder of Nonesuch Press with his wife, Vera Mendel. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. Rear board is a little discoloured. Very minor shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Francis Meynell. Very Good Indeed .