TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK DESIGN, 1974-1993, Specimen Book, The Westerly Sun, Adrian Wilson, Printing

Lot of two items concerning typography and book arts. Adrian Wilson, The Design of Books, Salt Lake City and Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, Inc., 1974, quarto, pictorial card wrappers, illustrated. Accompanied by a three-ring binder of newspaper type specimen sheets for The Westerly Sun of Westerly, Rhode Island, containing font samples, rules, borders, and an advertising memo, with material dated to July 1993.

Moderately worn; binder leaves with creasing, chipping, and tears along edges; binder cover rubbed and scuffed with title label wear; softcover volume with light edge and corner rubbing.