Våra bokstäver [Our Letters]: 1st ed., 1959-60 by Swedish Typographer Erik Lindegren

Våra bokstäver. Tecknade och textade alfabet, boktrycktyper, reklam- och accidenstrycktyper [Our Letters. Drawn and Text Alphabets, Letterpress Types, Advertising and Accident Types] by Erik Lindegren, 1st ed., 1959–1960. Published by Slöjdföreningens skola, Skolan för bokindustri, Göteborg, Sweden. Oblong, 7.25 x 10, pp. 340 with Swedish text. Printed in Sweden. Designed by Erik Lindegren (1918-1996); the Swedish designer, calligrapher and typographer and Director of School of Book Industry.

From the dust jacket: “The book is a goldmine for those interested in typography, especially for those who want to devote themselves to design. Within its field, it stands alone in Sweden.” And “A standard work of writing, without an equivalent in our country.”

A short Preface by Erik Lindegren and an Introduction about the development of the alphabet by the Swedish writer, Olof Lagercrantz. This excellent compilation was later expanded for Lindegren’s three-volume set ABC of Lettering and Printing Types (Museum Books, 1964). With sections on Writing, Letterpress Type, Classifications of Types, On Legibility, Advertising and Accidental Types and an Afterword also by the author. Heavily illustrated throughout with examples on almost every page. Printed in black and white and color on a variety of paper stocks including: line drawings, historical photographs, illustrations, lettering and alphabet samples and more.

With short biographies, portraits and samples by: Edward Johnston, Bror Zachrisson, Alois Senefelder, Johann Gutenberg, Claude Garamond, John Baskerville, Giambattista Bodoni, Waldemar Zachrisson, Rudolf Koch, Emil Rudolf Weiss, Paul Renner, Akke Kumlien, Bruce Rogers, Frederic W. Goudy, W. A. Dwiggins, Eric Gill, Stanley Morison, Reynolds Stone, S. H. de Roos, Jan van Krimpen, Walter Diethelm, Herbert Post, Georg Trump, Walter Brundi, Günter G. Lange, S. L. Hartz, Konrad F. Bauer and Walter Baum, Oldřich Menhart, Herman Eidenbenz, Aldo Novarese, Adrian Frutiger, Karl-Erik Forsberg, Herman Zapf and Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, etc. A handy Index towards the back.

A very good black cloth hardcover with light handling throughout. In it's uncommon, original dust jacket with heavy foxing, some tape repair, and small tears and tiny chips along the edges and corners.