Graphic Forms: The Arts as Related to the Book [Inscribed and Signed]

Kepes, Gyorgy et al. Graphic Forms: The Arts as Related to the Book [Inscribed and Signed]. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. First edition. Quarto. [8], 128, [2]pp (text), [40]pp (plates). Original printed dust-jacket over black and grey cloth with gold letteing on spine and black lettering on cover. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Merle Armitage, one of the 15 authors of this book. Collection of 15 essays on book design, profusely illustrated with 40 pages of b/w photographic plates. Dust-jacket, sunned, rubbed, and slightly chipped along edges. Minor offsetting on endpapers. DJ in overall fair, binding and interior in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (34233) $65