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An Essay on Typography was first published in 1931, instantly recognized as a classic, and has long been unavailable. It represents Gill at his best opinionated, fustian, and consistently humane. It is his only major work on typography and remains indispensable for anyone intere…
Oral histories of the 100 years of British and American whaling off the east coast of Canada and in Hudson Bay, as experienced by the native people who fed, clothed, and hunted with the whalers. Illustrated with modern drawings (some in color), and photographs from the period.
This witty and intellectually adroit book about the Greek alphabet is a natural abecedarium. At the same time, it is a book about ancient Greek culture, since alphabets, like people, bring their cultural baggage with them. An abecedarian procedure moreover is ideally suited to t…