Penrose annual : a review of the graphic arts. Volume 55, 1961
London : Lund Humphries, 1961. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420900
Physical description; lvii,155 p., [54] p. of plates : illustrations (some colour); facsimiles ; 29 cm. Notes; Continues: Penrose pictorial annual: the process year book. Continued by: Penrose annual: the international review of the graphic arts. Includes insets. Included bibliographic references and index. Summary, Index and contents in French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. Contents; Trends in Dutch typography / S.L. Hartz - Italian graphic design / Germano Facetti - Design laboratory / John O' Connor - Univers in action / John Dreyfus - Distinguished American book designers and printers / Paul A. Bennett - Design and printing in India - Homage to Walt Kelly, as a depicter of conversation / Beatrice M. Warde - Reforming the form / John L. Young - Restyled for reading / Alistair M. Dunnett - The point / Walter Tracy - The artist as reporter / Paul Hogarth - Plans for the institute of printing / Sir. Denis H. Truscott - Future pattern of printing education / G.F. Caldwell - At the Elephant and Castle / Ellis Thirkettle - Decorative laminate prints / Edward Hughes - ROP colour in Germany / Dr. Walter Matuschke - The wrapround rotary letterpress plate / Peter Siviter Smith - Electrofax for photoengraving / R.W. Prince - Offset printing for daily newspapers / Mashao Yoshimura - New colour diagrams for the graphic arts / Frank Preucil - The hard-dot positive in gravure / James M. Dugan - Magenta contact seen in photogravure / Lester E. Goda - Brighttype process of letterpress conversion / George L. Morrison - There's more in a carton than contents / D.J. Hine. Subjects; Graphic design. Printing.
Price: €30.00