Alphabet and Image

London: James Shand, 1946. Pp. 92, illustrated in colour and black & white, 1 folding sheet, order form; cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; occasional slight soiling; James Shand at the Shenval Press, 1946. *Alphabet and Image was a short-lived (8 issues) post-war successor to Harling's earlier journal Typography. Articles in… Read more about this item

London: Shenval Press, 1947. First edition. Softcover. 98 pages. Periodical on graphic design and typography. Features these articles: Ellic Howe's "Newspaper Printing int he Nineteenth Century, Simon Nowell-Smith's "Artist Into Reader: A Review," James Thorpe's "The Posters of the Beggarstaff Brothers," Graham Reynolds' "Daumier: A Review," Harold Keeble's "The Typography of Psychological Warfare" and Maurice de Saumarez' "The Pen… Read more about this item

London: James Shand. Fair with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers worn and foxed. Paper spine missing. Internally good. A rough reading copy. ; (88) pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 244 x 144mm. Illustrated. Includes advertisements. Typography and book illustration. Contents: "The Engraved Letter-Forms of Reynolds Stone" by Percy Muir; "The Sketchbooks of Claude… Read more about this item

London: James Shand, 1946. Pp. 92, illustrated in colour and black & white, 1 folding coloured illustrated sheet (John Nash), 2 black & white and 1 coloured folding sheets (typographical), order form; cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; top fore-corner of several leaves lightly bruised; James Shand at the Shenval Press,… Read more about this item

London: Shevnal Press, 1946.. 8vo. 86 pp., Ring Binder, Very Good with some toning. Illustrations, some color. Scarce.

London: James Shand, 1948. Pp. 96, illustrated in colour and black & white; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges faintly creased; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly browned; James Shand, London, 1948. *Alphabet and Image was a short-lived (8 issues) post-war successor to Harling's earlier journal Typography. Articles in this… Read more about this item

London: James Shand at the Shenval Press, 1946. stiff paper wrappers. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. Odd volumes. Issue number 6 only. Paper binding somewhat separated from the textblock along spine, else near fine. Contains illustrated articles on 'artistic' Victorian printing and the type designs of Eric Gill.

London: James Shand, 1947. Pp. 98, illustrated in colour and black & white; cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound; James Shand at the Shenval Press, London, 1947. *Alphabet and Image was a short-lived (8 issues) post-war successor to Harling's earlier journal Typography. Articles in this issue include Newspaper printing in the nineteenth century, by Ellic Howe; and… Read more about this item

shenval press london [1946]. first edition 92pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD- (wrappers in spiral binding,mod.rubbed and soiled,some sl.foxing to contents)

London: James Shand, 1948 Firm with slight browning , bookplate and stamp (connected with Rugby School) on inside front cover and following page. pics available.

London, 1946. First Edition. (London: Shenval Press 1946). First UK Edition. SIGNED IN RED BIRO ON THE FRONT COVER BY MERVYN PEAKE. Original plastic comb-bound in semi-stiff printed turquoise and orange printed wrappers. Includes, inter alia, 2 colour lithographs by Mervyn Peake from "Ride-a-Cock Horse" in an article entitled "The Book Illustrations of Mervyn Peake".… Read more about this item

London: Shenval Press, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square octavo, 85 pages, plastic comb-bound, celluloid printed covers ( a bit darkened ) Here is an extended review of all the work to date with extensive illustrations of Mervyn Peake. It includes a preview of his ALICE, and his forthcoming BLEAK HOUSE. Famed antiquarian bookseller, Percy… Read more about this item