An Essay on Typography

E-076. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Printed by Hague and Gill for Sheed & Ward, Pigotts, London, UK. 1931. Iv, 121 pgs. Limited edition of one of 500 signed by Eric Gill and Rene Hague. Illustrated with twenty-five figures, including ten type specimens and four illustrations from wood engravings by Gill. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Eric Gill's opinionated manifesto on typography argues that 'a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture'. This essay explores the place of typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age. Gill, a sculptor, engraver, printmaker and creator of many classic typefaces that can be seen around us today, fused art, history and polemic in a visionary work which has been hugely influential on modern graphic design. E-076; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .