Author: Denman, Frank.
Title: The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type Styles.
Description: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publishers, 1955. 1955. - Octavo, cloth backed boards, in a price-clipped dw. The boards are lightly bumped with the extremities faded; the dw spine is darkened with a piece out of the tail; the top edge is chipped & the panels are lightly soiled with the extremities darkened. 228 pp. plus colophon. An owner's bookplate & a small bookseller's label are mounted on the front pastedown. Full-page & textual B&W illustrations. The contents are near fine.

First edition. Very good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; TYPOGRAPHY; LETTERING; FRANK DENMAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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