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Cambridge : (Privately printed), 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 101 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; ""450 copies printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge, for presentation by the University Printer to his friends in printing and publishing. Christmas 1953."" One of 450. With index. Preface and postcript by Brooke Crutchley, Univeristy Printer. Contentss; Crutchley, Brooke. Preface.--Morison, Stanley. The tally.--University Printer [i.e. Crutchley, Brooke] Postscript.--Index. Subjects; Morison, Stanley 1889-1967. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press History. Monotype Corporation History. Monotype Corporation History 20th century. Cambridge University Press History 20th century. Cambridge University Press. Type and type-founding England Cambridge… Read More

Cambridge: Privately Printed [at the University Press,] 1953. First edition, large 8vo, 102pp., one of 450 copies, signs of label having been removed from verso of title and base of spine, orig. cloth. Morison describes the collection of types cut under his direction at Monotype between 1922-32, and adopted by the Cambridge Press.

Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth decoratively gilt, small 4to., vii, 101, (1) pages. One of 450 copies printed for friends of the University Printer as the Cambridge Christmas Book for 1953. 17 monotype faces discussed by Morison and printed in the face under discussion. Very slight use to the cloth, else a clean, near fine copy in archival mylar.

Cambridge: Privately printed, 1953. cloth. Cambridge Christmas Books. tall 8vo. cloth. viii, 102 pages. First edition, limited to 450 copies (Appleton no.190). Well preserved copy. Contains a preface and a postscript by Brooke Crutchley, the University Printer. The 17 chapters are all set in a different typeface; with 6 wood engravings by Reynolds Stone.

Cambridge: privately printed, 1953. First edition limited to 450 copies, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 101, [1]; printed in red and black; original terracotta cloth, gilt-stamped spine; binding slightly skewed and with light wear at the spine ends, otherwise very good and sound, but without the slipcase. From the library of Kim Merker. Each chapter of Morison's Tally is set in the appropriate typeface (17 in all). This is a Cambridge Christmas Book, printed by Brooke Crutchley who provides a Preface.

Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1953. One of 450 copies, printed at Christmas for presentation by the University Printer, Brooke Crutchley, to his friends in printing and publishing, and with his preface and post script. Pp. vii [1] 101 [3]. Large 8vo., original russet cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Spine very slightly faded, some minor wear to head of spine, owner inscription to front pastedown, a good copy, lacking slipcase. With the prospectus for the 1973 collector’s edition loosely inserted.||Morison’s fascinating account of 17 typefaces, and why they were cut at his instigation and under his supervision by the Monotype Corporation between 1922 and 1932.From the library of Robert L. Leslie, American doctor, graphic designer and typologist, with his bookplate to front pastedown.|

Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1953. Limited ed. 1953, one of 450 copies. First Edition, printed and bound at Christmas by the University Press, Cambridge, for presentation by the printer, Brooke Crutchley, to his friends in printing and publishing. Hardcover, red cloth, gilt title. Near Fine in original linen slipcase. 102 pp. Soft bump tot eh bottom corners; spine cloth sunned just a touch; very faint smudge to the title page. Strong binding; clean contents. Slipcase Fine. Bookplate of the former owner, John Rayner Esq., attached to the front pastedown. This copy also includes two TLSs laid-in, one from bookseller A. Zwemmer of London, the other from James Shand, proprietor of London's Shenval Press. Both letters are addressed to Rayner and regard procurement of this book. Shenval notes that he is lending Rayner his own personal copy, and that he should try Elkin Mathews, Quaritch or Maggs to find his own. There were two well known John Rayners living in London at this time -- a Rabbi and a fighter… Read More