Pickering press depol john (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Sewn John DePol wood engraved wrappers with cover label printed in three colors, slender 8vo., (12) pages, frontispiece wood engraving by John DePol. This pamphlet was John Anderson's favorite piece of printing from his Pickering Press. The wrappers represent the first use of John DePol's wood engraved, repeat pattern paper, this design labeled "Eddy". The text is a reprint of Eric Gill's essay on letter-spacing. Very minor edge-wear, but a clean, near fine copy. Quite scarce.…

Condizione: Very good. - An original 12-1/4 inch high by 9-1/8 inch wide broadside handsomely printed in black on cream paper bestowing honorary membership to small pressman Fridolf Johnson. Preceded by an attractive wood engraving of a hand holding a rose by John DePol, the printed text reads "Know All Men that the Chapel of Pickering Press (after prolonged examination and consideration) has elected to Honorary Membership: Fridolf Johnson Effective 1 November 1958 Address all correspondence to the Home Office Dues Payable in Advance". Fridolf Johnson's name was penned in ink in an attractive calligraphic hand. There is creasing to the edges and top corners with some spotting to the bottom of the page and s small ink mark at bottom left. Very good. The book designer, typographer and printer John Anderson (1915-1997) was inspired by the activities of the aviation pioneers, the Wright Brothers, who ran a printing press. Anderson acquired his own small hand press when he was only 13 years old and went on to establish himself as one of the foremost small pressman. He set up his first commercial press founding the Bantam Press in 1934. Needing to further his education, he went on to work as an apprentice to Peter Beilenson of the Peter Pauper Press and, in 1946, founded the Pickering Press. After moving to Pasadena, California, Anderson briefly worked for the Castle Press but quickly moved on following clashes with the press' foreman. Within the year Anderson started working for Paul Weaver's Northland Press in Flagstaff, designing many award-winning books. Returning to Philadelphia in 1963, Anderson reopened his Pickering Press and resumed his collaboration with the wood engraver John DePol, with whom he'd worked since 1950.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Sewn John DePol wood engraved wrappers with cover label printed in three colors, slender 8vo., (12) pages, frontispiece wood engraving by John DePol. Noted in pencil as one of 100 copies at front flyleaf, this pamphlet was John Anderson's favorite piece of printing from his Pickering Press. The wrappers represent the first use of John DePol's wood engraved, repeat pattern paper, this design labeled "Eddy". The text is a reprint of Eric Gill's essay on letter-spacing. Very minor edgewear, but a clean, near fine copy. Quite scarce.…

Original Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine binding. Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo. [28] pp., illus. French fold. Limited edition, one of 75 copied in Japanese stab-sewn binding; decorative title label on the front cover; delicate Japanese paper wrapper is present. A clean bright, copy in a later clamshell with morocco title label. While the book is nearly fine, the clamshell has just a bit of spotting to the top edge and is sunned at the spine. A beautiful sort of specimen book with quotations printed in more than a dozen different type faces. DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 57.…