Wilson adrian 1923 (3 resultados)

Condición: Good. Folio. Menu. Folded Sheet. Letterpress on Deckled Wove. Red and black ink. Good with minor tear, else VG. Text in English & En Francais.

253, [3] pp. Ephemera laid-in at rear. With numerous b/w & color illustrations. Folio. 35cm x 25cm. Wilson "was an American book designer and author of the influential 1967 work entitled The Design of Books. In 1947, he studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley but soon left, first to join Jack Stauffacher at the Greenwood Press, and afterwards to join the University of California Press. He developed an interest in early book illustration, leading to his The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1976), and (with his wife) A Medieval Mirror (1984), an account of early printed editions of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis. Hart was born in San Francisco, California. He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University, followed by a Ph.D. from Harvard University. At the University of California, Berkeley, Hart served as chairman of the English department. He was also the university's vice chancellor from 1957 until 1960. In 1969 he was appointed director of the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Antiquarian Society." [Wiki] Here, on a preliminary blank, the Wilson's inscribe, in a calligraphic hand, the book to Hart, "For Jim Hart / in deep apprecation for / serving on The Book Design Foundation / and launching this book at / The Bancroft Library / Adrian & Joyce Wilson" A Nr Fine copy in a VG+ jacket. Black & white cloth binding. Map eps. Dust jacket 1st edition (Cf. Wilson #177). PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED by both Wilsons to Jim Hart. …

Condición: Good. Broadside. 43 x 22.5cm.Time stained Adrian Wilson (1923 - 1988) was a printer, typographer, book designer, publisher, and an author of the classic 1967 work entitled "The Design of Books."The Interplayers, 'a young drama group,' first appeared on the San Francisco scene 10 May 1947 with an evening of Chekhov at the Friends Center, 1830 Sutter St. The next few years, they seem to have floated around town, making the usual stops at the Marines Memorial Theatre, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the San Francisco Museum of Art, etc., finally settling in on their own site at 2796 Hyde on 3 December 1949, only to have it shut down the following February by the Fire Prevention Department, but finally re-opening again in November 1950.…