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SIGNATURE, A Quadrimestrial Typography and Graphic Arts
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$200 - $400
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SIGNATURE
A Quadrimestrial Typography and Graphic Arts
Edited by Oliver Simon. Publisher: Signature 1946-1954, Plaistow, London. 6 issues, No's 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. each issue, illustrated, includes in Vol.10, foldout of two drawings by Lucien Freud. Printed at the Curwen Press. Oliver Simon started Signature in 1935, issuing 15 numbers until production was suspended in 1940, the last issue of the First Series was hit by a high-explosive bomb. Publication resumed after a lapse of six years, articles by many luminaries of the English typography and fine printing scene, such as Basil Blackwell, Stanley Morison, Reynolds Stone, Harry Carter, Ruari McLean, John Buckland-Wright, Francis Meynell, Desmond Flower, Hans Schmoller, Edward Ardizzone, Charles Batey, John Dreyfus and may others. Includes lithographic and collotype plates in a number of issues. Most of the issues are in fine or near-fine condition, all with the glassine jackets with some age-toning to edges, excellent copies.
A Quadrimestrial Typography and Graphic Arts
Edited by Oliver Simon. Publisher: Signature 1946-1954, Plaistow, London. 6 issues, No's 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. each issue, illustrated, includes in Vol.10, foldout of two drawings by Lucien Freud. Printed at the Curwen Press. Oliver Simon started Signature in 1935, issuing 15 numbers until production was suspended in 1940, the last issue of the First Series was hit by a high-explosive bomb. Publication resumed after a lapse of six years, articles by many luminaries of the English typography and fine printing scene, such as Basil Blackwell, Stanley Morison, Reynolds Stone, Harry Carter, Ruari McLean, John Buckland-Wright, Francis Meynell, Desmond Flower, Hans Schmoller, Edward Ardizzone, Charles Batey, John Dreyfus and may others. Includes lithographic and collotype plates in a number of issues. Most of the issues are in fine or near-fine condition, all with the glassine jackets with some age-toning to edges, excellent copies.
