The Penrose annual : a review of the graphic arts. Vol. 51 1957 / edited by R. B. Fisher, O.B.E., Hon. F.R.P.S., Hon. F.S.I.A
1957, 1st edition. London : Lund Humphries. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #434109
Physical description; [22],164,54p., [235]p. of plates : ill. (some col.); facsims. Subjects; In memoriam Richard Bertram Fishenden / Beatrice Warde - Editorial commentary / R.S. Hutchings - Alliance Graphique Internationale / Charles Rosner - The influence of reproductive techniques on book illustration / David Bland - Printers' royal arms, to 1956 / Harry Carter - Architectural photography / Nikolaus Pevsner - The graphic art of Frank Brangwyn / James Laver - Training for photography / Ashley Havinden - The reproduction of paintings in colour / Geoffrey Ashburner - David Kindersley's contribution to street lettering / John Dreyfus - Old types, new layouts / Herbert Spencer - The English book / Alan Pryce-Jones - Decorated papers / Olga Hirsch - Henri Cartier-Bresson: notes on the relation of photography and painting / Basil Taylor - The Canterbury portent / Beatrice Warde - A century for Puffin picture books / Noel Carrington - The evolution of Klang / Will Carter - A note on Oliver Simon / Herbert Simon - Printing and the graphic arts in Czechoslovakia / Method.
Price: €65.00