A tally of types / by Stanley Morison ; with additions by several hands ; and a new introduction by Mike Parker.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967, author.
• Parker, Mike, author of introduction.

Contributor:

• Crutchley, Brooke, editor.
• David R. Godine, Publisher, publisher.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Monotype Corporation.
• Type and type-founding--Great Britain--History--20th century.
• Monotype Corporation--History.
• Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.
• Cambridge University Press--History.
• Cambridge University Press.
• History.
• University presses--England--Cambridge--History--20th century.
• University presses.
• Type and type-founding.
• England--Cambridge.
• Great Britain.

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 11-137 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : David R. Godine, 1999.

Summary:

Stanley Morison provided the impetus and judgement behind the programme of typographical revival carried through by the Monotype Corporation in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Tally is an account, historical, critical and functional, of the types cut under Morison's direction during this period. It is an impressive performance: a fine example of what is now recognised as Morison's characteristic blend of erudition and insight. What started as no more than an attempt to record the facts developed, under his hand, into one of the major statements of typographical practice of its time.

Notes:

• "Edited by Brooke Crutchley"--cover.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

ISBN:

1567920047

OCLC:

32894102