Methods of Book Design - Hugh Williamson

Methods of Book Design by Hugh Williamson, published by Oxford University Press in 1956. This is a hardback bound in orange cloth, with the title and author lettered in gilt on a grey panel on the spine. Diagrams and frontispiece are by Ralph Mabey, as noted on the title verso.

Internally the text is printed on cream paper, shown here with a chapter opening on the choice of type for text composition. Laid in with the book is a loose supplement to the 1960 edition of The Western Type Book, showing type specimens along with cut-out mask templates, a related extra rather than part of the original volume.

The covers show some light surface marking and a faint scuff to the rear board. The spine cloth has some fading toward the top edge. Corners show light wear. No major staining or damage is visible in the photographs.

Condition: Good

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