[Rarebooks] Stanley Morison, A Tally of Types, twice

[John Howell]

Offered today:

Who invented Times New Roman?  Stanley Morison!  This title describes the creation of Times New Roman and 19 other type faces designed by Morison for the Monotype Corporation.  

1 MORISON, Stanley (1889-1967).  

A Tally of Types by Stanley Morison, With Additions by Several Hands, Edited by Brooke Crutchley.  

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1973.  

8vo.  10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches.  (138) pp.  Half-title, pencil sketch frontispiece portrait of Stanley Morison by Sir William Rothenstein, Reynolds Stone woodcut on title page in black, in addition to the original 17 type faces, 3 more are added in an appendix by Netty Hoeflake, Harry Carter, and John Dreyfus, index; text clean, unmarked.  Quarter oatmeal cloth, patterned paper over boards, covers ruled in gilt, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight.  Housed in a brown-cloth-covered slip case.  Fine.  

$ 100

LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this is copy number 72.  Preface by Brooke Crutchley; with the original Introduction by Stanley Morison amplified by P. M. Handover.  Tells the story of how the Monotype Corporation began a rational and systematic program of designing type for a type-composing-machine company.  Each chapter is set in 1 of 20 typefaces discussed.  References: Appleton, The Writings of Stanley Morison, No. 190a; See: Crutchley, A Printer’s Christmas Books, p. 25. 

2 MORISON, Stanley (1889-1967).  

A Tally of Types by Stanley Morison, With Additions by Several Hands, Edited by Brooke Crutchley.  

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1973.  

8vo.  10 1/2 x 7 inches.  (138) pp.  Half-title, Reynolds Stone woodcut on title page in black, in addition to the original 17 type faces, 3 more are added in an appendix by Netty Hoeflake, Harry Cart and John Dreyfus, index; pencil marginalia.  Black cloth, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight.  Ownership signature on front free end-paper.  Very Good.  

$ 30

FIRST TRADE EDITION.  Preface by Brooke Crutchley; with the original Introduction by Stanley Morison amplified by P. M. Handover.  Tells the story of how the Monotype Corporation began a rational and systematic program of designing type for a type-composing-machine company.  Each chapter is set in 1 of 20 typefaces discussed.  References: Appleton, The Writings of Stanley Morison, No. 190a; See: Crutchley, A Printer’s Christmas Books, p. 25. 

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