The Bowker Lectures on Book Publishing—First Series

The Bowker Lectures on Book Publishing—First Series

Melvin Loos, 1944

Description

Juror Notes

One of the speeches reprinted in this small volume is entitled Textbooks Are Not Absolutely Dead Things. Neither are collections of lectures if they are designed and printed so charmingly as this one. It has good taste in its choice of types, its modest proportions, and its serviceable materials. It has sparkle in its two-page spread of title adorned with a wood-cut, and in its sparing bits of typographical decoration.

Peter Beilenson, Paul McPharlin, Ernst Reichl (Jurors)

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1945)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Melvin Loos
Authors
Frederick A. Stokes, Alfred Harcourt, Frederick S. Crofts, Frank E. Compton
Trim size
4.5 x 7 inches
Pages
156
Quantity printed
600 copies
Price
$2.50
Typefaces
Caslon, Bulmer (display)
Manufacturer
George Grady Press
Plate maker
Phoenix Engraving Company
Binding
Full cloth
Stamping
Gold (backbone), Blind (front cover)
Publisher
The Typophiles
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