May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 57

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS (1880-1956)

[TYPOGRAPHY]. Group of 11 books & booklets. 1920s-1980s.


Sizes vary.
Condition varies. Some hand-signed and numbered.

Group includes: Books - 22 Printers' Marks, etc. (1929), hand-signed and no'd 127/350; A Children's Sampler (1950), ed. of 375; Form Letters / Illustrator to Author (1930), hand-signed and no'd 103 of 250; Layout in Advertising / Revised Edition; The Power of Print - and Men (1936), with foldout poster; Stencilled Ornament & Illustration (2 copies), by Dorothy Abbe (1979, printed by Puterschein-Hingham, and 1980 softcover version); and booklets / articles - American Type Designers & Their Work 1947-1948; WAD / Typographer (1958); Dwiggins / Typographic Milestones; and Caledonia / A New Printing Type (1939). Images available upon request.