GEORGE W. JONES: Printer Laureate.
Pp. 128, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Plough Press/Mark Batty Publishers, West New York, 2004. First U.S. edition. *First extensive study of the life and work of influential printer and publisher George W. Jones (1860-1942), who established the celebrated Sign of the Dolphin in 1911, producing works for the Limited Editions Club and the Nonesuch Press, amongst others. In 1921 Jones was appointed printing adviser to the British arm of the Linotype organisation, where he was directly responsible for the creation of several distinguished typefaces for linecasting, including Granjon, Estienne, Baskerville and Georgian. Item #084266
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