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Stanley Morison: His Studies of the Fell Types

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Stanley Morison: His Studies of the Fell Types

The Book Club of California
312 Sutter Street, Suite 500 (cross street Grant)
San Francisco, CA 94108

Hospitality at 5 PM | Presentation at 5:30 PM

On October 12, 1967, Oxford published John Fell, The University Press and the ‘Fell’ Types; Morison had died the day before, having handled a copy of this masterpiece which had been in preparation for 40 years. John McBride, editor of Invisible City, will survey the volume, as well as offer a surprise concerning Morison’s book Typographic Design in Relation to Photographic Composition, published by the Book Club of California in 1959.

This is one of the Club's Evenings at the Library events,  which are open to members only.

Earlier Event: October 1
Art of the Book 2018 Exhibition Call for Entry
Later Event: October 3
The Proliferation of 19th (and 20th) Century Wood Type and its Impact on Typographic Norms