'Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers' - Charles W.Eliot
Artists: Various Authors: Mel Gooding and Julian Rothenstein (ed.) Publisher: Redstone Press Date: 1991 Condition: The first edition softback, with printed card covers; some very light handling marks to the covers. Internally a very clean, tidy and unmarked copy.
A delightful book for anyone interested in typography, this is something of a gazetteer of typefaces and lettering across periods and places, including examples from France, America and elsewhere, commercial and artist-designed fonts and some rather wonderful examples of design icons, such as several variants of the pointing finger so beloved of Victorian advertising. A fascinating volume
