TYPOGRAPHY 1
Robert Harling (Editor)

Robert Harling (Editor) with James Shand and Ellic Howe: TYPOGRAPHY 1. London: The Shenval Press, 1936. Original Quarterly Winter 1936 issue. Published in an edition of 1,200 copies. A near-fine softcover magazine with original publishers plasti-coil (ie. revolutionary French Plastoic) binding: very light wear overall. One interior page printed on newsprint is loose. A truly rare publication, seldom offered.

9 x 11 softcover book with plasti-coil binding and 46 pages of avant-garde typographic design from England, circa 1937. The good folks at Bloomsbury's Shenval Press were fighting to bring the international revolution in New Typography to England's sheltered shores in the 1930s. An excellent keepsake and snapshot from the trenches in the battle between Art and Trade in the typsetting industry.

This edition of TYPOGRAPHY includes maximum-quality letterpress printing on a variety of paper stocks, as well as tipped-in plates by Eric Gill, 4 tipped-in Kardomah Tea Labels, bound-in newspaper pages and a fold-out Monotype sample of Kayo designed by Eric Gill. A phenomenal production that comes with my highest recommendation.

Here is the Publisher's Manifesto for TYPOGRAPHY: " The Sponsors of TYPOGRAPHY believe that fine book production is notthe onlymeans of typographical expression or excitement. We Believe, in fact, that a bill-head can be as aesthetically pleasing as a Bible, that a newspaper can be as typographically arresting as a Nonesuch." Sounds good to me.

Look at the Contents and Contributors to this issue:

Contents:

• Voices and Vices by Francis Menell illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer
• Reason and Typography by Rene Hague with four tipped-in plates set and printed by Eric Gill and Rene Hague at their press at Pigotts, Buckinghamshire.
• Prologue and Epilogue to Updike by Ellic Howe
• The Alphabet and the Printing Press by James Shand
• Somebody Discovers the Case by Robert Harling with art bindings by E. mcKnight kauffer and herbert Bayer
• Book Review by Bernard Glemser
• News Into Type by S. L. Righyni with newspaper insets.
• Modern Commercial Typography by Philip James
• Kardomah Tea Labels
• Typographical Inset, Specimens and Reviews

According to Rick Poynor, Herbert Spencer often spoke of the importance of Harling and Shand's Typography -- Jan Tschichold's article on TypeMixtures in the third issue had a decisive influence on his eventual direction (Poynor: Typographica. NYC: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. page 15.)

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