The Form of the Book Jan Tschichold [Out of Print]

The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design by Jan Tschichold, 1st English Ed., softcover, 1991. Hartley & Marks Publishers, Seattle, Washington. 8.5 x 8, pp. 86. Printed in the U.S.A. Out of Print.

This collection of essays written from 1949 through 1974 by Jan Tschichold was originally compiled in German by Hajo Hadeler in 1975. This 1st English edition was edited by Robert Bringhurst who also provided the Introduction. “The Form of the Book offers the harvest of a lifetime’s devotion to the art of typography.”

Illustrated throughout with (22) black and white images and (23) landmark essays on every aspect of book design by Tschichold including but not limited to: On Leading (1940); Planning the Typographical Layout of Books with Illustrations (1946); Jacket and Wrapper (1946); Clay in a Potters Hand (1949); Why the Beginning so Paragraphs Must be Indented (1950); Printed Paper: White or Tinted? (1951); On Typography (1952); Typography and the Traditional Type Page (1958); Graphic Arts and Book Design (1958); Constant Correlation Between Book Page and Type Area (1962); Italics, Small Capitals and Quotation Marks in Books and Scientific Publications (1964); Symmetrical or Asymmetrical Typography (1965); The Importance of Tradition in Typography (1966); On Books that are Too Wide, Long or Square (1977).

A nearly fine softcover with only light handling to the black covers.