Song and Words: A History of the Curwen Press

8vo. (4) 261 pp, foreword by Herbert Simon, 21 chapters, appendix: A-B, index with color and b&w illustrations throufhout. First Edition, 1973. Blue cloth with gilt impression on front board, and gilt lettering to spine. "During the 20th century, the printing and design of The Curwen Press established it as one of the pioneers of the printing renaissance. Associated with it in one capacity or another were the great names of the English typographic revival: Oliver Simon, Sir Francis Meynell, Stanley Morison, Eric Ravilious, Walter Lewis, Claud Lovat Fraser and, of course, the Curwens themselves. The author traces the development of this remarkable firm well into the 1930s, providing a thorough and well-documented study of the improvemeents the firm introduced to the style and quality of bookwork." from the jacket flap.