Gwasg Gregynog.- Lewis (David G.) Gwendolin Seventy Five Years On:

Gwasg Gregynog.- Lewis (David G., editor) Gwendolin Seventy Five Years On: A Critique..., letter J of 26 sets of sheets for bookbinders (A-Z), from an edition limited to 176, signed by the binder on colophon, printed in red & black, illustrations, two after Burne-Jones, bound in rust calf-backed black textured Mokuba paper boards, by Constance Wonzy, red calf label to upper cover, with prospectus and A.N.s. from the binder in red "lizard-skin" textured board drop-back box, tall 8vo, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2010. *** An account of the typeface "Gwendolin" commissioned by Loyd Haberly for the 1935 Gregynog Press Eros and Psyche by Robert Bridges. It was severely criticised by St.John Hornby, Stanley Morison and others and was never used again for a Gregynog Press book. Constance Wozny, bookbinder, trained under Tini Miura and Monique Lallier amongst others, and is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and the Hand Bookbinders of California.

Estimate:£200

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