Search Results: the letter forms and type designs by harling robert

Boston: Eva Svensson and David R. Godine, 1977. Soft cover. Fine. Self wrappers over card covers, square 8vo., 64 pages. First U.S. edition, printed by the Westerham Press. Minute faint smudge on cover, else a fine copy in archival mylar.

Westerham: Eva Svensson, 1976. 63 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Originally published in Alphabet & Image in 1948. Minor wear, some spotting to edges, unmarked, rubbing, edgewear to dustjacket. [769]. First Thus. Brown Paper Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 190mm. x 190mm.. Book.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977.. 12mo. 63 pp. Gilt Orange Cloth, Dust Jacket Good, price-clipped, else Very Good+. Plates, including fold-out.

[Westerham]: Eva Svensson, 1978. Second revised ed., square 8vo, pp. 63, [1], profusely illustrated with drawings and type specimens; very fine in dj. "Harling traces the story of Gill's career--from his early days as a cutter of tombstones and memorials to his emergences as a type designer." Typophile Chapbook no.55.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Published by Eva Svensson and David R. Godine. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Frontispiece photograph of Eric Gill. Profusely illustrated. 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 63 pages.

1979. Revised / Expanded Third Edition. Hurtwood Press / Westerham Press, 1979. Octavo. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ARA (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He is a controversial figure, with his well-known religious views and subject matter generally viewed as being at odds with his sexual behaviour, including his erotic art and sexual abuse of his daughters. Gill was named Royal Designer for Industry, the highest British award for designers, by the Royal Society of Arts. He also became a founder-member of the newly established Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. (Wikipedia)