MODERN TYPE DISPLAY AND THE USE OF TYPE ORNAMENT

Edinburgh: Henry T. Wyse, 1911. cloth. 4to. cloth. 104 pages. First edition (Appleton p.74). Minor rubbing to boards, minor wear along spine ends and corners. Removed bookplate from front free endpaper. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. With 40 full-page plates printed on different kinds of paper in different colors. The author's purpose in this book was to demonstrate modern type display and its value over older systems. He first describes the ancient methods and then shows by example the modern systems. Excellent book. Wear at spine ends and tips.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler.