Lot 1631

TYPOGRAPHY U.K. & U.S.A. -- Stanley MORISON. John Bell, 1745-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c. London: First Edition Club, [no date but 1930]. 8o. Colored frontispiece, uncolored plates and illustrations. Original blue cloth, top edge gilt. Number 90 of 100 special copies bound for members of the First Edition Club. The total edition was 300.

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TYPOGRAPHY U.K. & U.S.A. -- Stanley MORISON. John Bell, 1745-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c. London: First Edition Club, [no date but 1930]. 8o. Colored frontispiece, uncolored plates and illustrations. Original blue cloth, top edge gilt. Number 90 of 100 special copies bound for members of the First Edition Club. The total edition was 300.

And 28 others (including: D.B. UPDIKE. Printing Types ... second edition. Cambridge, Mass., London & Oxford: 1937. 2 volumes, 8o; E.C. BIGMORE & C. WYMAN. A Bibliography of Printing. New York: 1945. 2 volumes, 8o; S. MORISON. John Fell. Oxford: 1967. 2o; N. BARKER. Stanley Morison. [London: 1972]. 8o; W. Turner BERRY and A.F. JOHNSON. Catalogue of Printing Types. London; 1935. Small 2o; BIRRELL & GARNETT. Catalogue of Typefounders Specimens. London: 1928. 4o; T.B. REED. A History of Old English Letter Foundries ... new edition ... revised ... by A.F. Johnson. London: 1952. 8o; J. BLUMENTHAL. Bruce Rogers A life in letters. Austin: 1989. 8o). (29)