Allan Delafons [Ed.]; Herbert Spencer [Ed.]
The Penrose Annual: Volume 53, 56, 60 & 64
London, Lund Humphries , 1959-71 . First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated collection of four Penrose Annuals from 1959-1971, reviewing the latest trends in the graphic arts scene, each with the original dust wrapper. First editions. Each with the unclipped dust wrapper. Comprised of four volumes of The Penrose Annual. Founded in 1895, The Penrose Annual was a London-based review of graphic arts, printed annually until 1982. To this day, it remains an essential record of the development of the printing industry, highlighting progress in print media, advertising, photography, design and typography. This collection contains Volume 53, 56, 60 and 64 from 1959, 1962, 1967 and 1971. Filled with information surrounding the world of graphic art in the 1960s, including chapters on American printmaking, Eric Gill, drawing on stone, typewriters, graphic art in Belgium, Michelin Maps, and many more. Edited by Allan Delafons and Herbert Spencer, with contributions from many leading designers of the time. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a few light marks to boards and minor shelf wear. Spotting to endpapers and a little to the fore edge. Fading to the spine of 53. Dust wrappers are very good, with edge wear and a few marks. Heavier wear and a few closed tears to volume 64. Plastic lifting to the backstrip of volume 56. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with light spotting, mainly to the first and last few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine/Very Good.

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