The Penrose Annual, A Review of the Graphic Arts Volume 47 1953 Hardcover - 1953

London: Lund Humphries, 1953. [16], 140 pages + 52 pp. ads., colour & b/w illustrations. Some shelfwear, bumping to covers, soiling, edgewear, chipping to unclipped dustjacket. Lacking 5 illustrations, 1 loose ad.. Articles include The Return of Illustration; Coronation Printing; THE House of Enschede; Typography and Authorship; Reprints: Aldine and after; Contemporary Graphic Art in Italy; The Arts Council and the Graphic Arts; Art in the Teashops; Eric Gill's Pilgrim Type; Printing for Commerce in the USA; Graphic Design at the Central School; The Growth of Fashion Illustration, etc. Designers/Artists illustrated include Hans Schleger, Lynton Lamb, John Minton, Joan Hassall, Leonard Rosoman, Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, Charles Mozley, Laurence Scarfe, Feliks Topolski, Ronald Searle, Ashley Havinden, Fritz Wegner, Tom Gentleman, Bernard Partridge, Jan van Krimpen, Mark Severin, Dorothea Braby, John Buckland Wright, Bruno Munari, Attilio Rossi, Albe Steiner, Franco Grignani, Giovanni Pintori, Piero Sansoni, Glauco Orsellini, Luigi Veronesi, Remo Muratore, Robert Adams, Berthold Wolpe, Herbert Spencer, Barnett Freedman, Anthony Gross, John Minton, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Hans Erni, Ben Shahn, Bert Hardy, Olga Lehmann, William Kermode, Michael Rothenstein, Eric Ravilious, Muirhead Bone, Desmond Chute, etc, [767] . First Edition.. Green Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 290mm. x 225mm.. Book.