[BINDING]; Typografie als Kunst [Typography as Art]
by RENNER, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
M�nchen: Georg M�ller, 1922. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. In German. 8vo, with b/w plates. Contemporary art binding: three quarters parchment, spine lettered in gilt, wonderful purple and black block-printed paper boards. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Parchment darkened, extremities bumped. Some foxing. Else, tight and tidy. Very good. An attractive copy of Renner's important work. Paul Renner (1878�1956) was a German typeface designer, author, and founder of the Master School for Germany's Printers in Munich. Five years after publishing this title, he designed his hugely successful Futura typeface.
Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2603
- Title
- [BINDING]; Typografie als Kunst [Typography as Art]
- Author
- RENNER, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Georg M�ller
- Place of Publication
- M�nchen
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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