James Moran — Stanley Morison: His Typographic Achievement

London, Lund Humphries , 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition exploring the works of major British typographer, Stanley Morison. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Stanley Morison was an influential typographer and historian of printing, particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman, later regarded the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century. This work explores his greatest achievements in the world of printing, including his role in the famous Gollancz dust wrappers and his editorship of The Times Literary Supplement, as well as a selection of his books, articles and pamphlets. Written by James Moran. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minimal shelf wear. Dust wrapper is very smart, with slight edge wear and handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers only. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.