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Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Company by James R. Mellow

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jan 1st, 2013. Artwork published in .
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Source: www.abebooks.com Turn-The-Page Books. License: All Rights Reserved.

Praeger, 1974. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman. Photo by George Platt Lynes. From Arden Kuhlman Riordan’s great collection of her father’s designs.

The typeface is ITC Ronda by Herb Lubalin (1970). The digitally available versions not only lack the bold weight. They also neglect the numerous alternates available in the original, like the two-storey a or the straight t.

The title page contrasts Didot caps with Bernhard Schönschrift.

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Source: pictures.abebooks.com James Cummins Bookseller. License: All Rights Reserved.
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Source: pictures.abebooks.com James Cummins Bookseller. License: All Rights Reserved.

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  • ITC Ronda
  • Didot
  • Bernhard Schönschrift

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1 Comment on “Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Company by James R. Mellow”

  1. Charlie says:
    Jan 2nd, 2013 2:01 am

    I come to this site regularly and it’s really cool to see this picture of Gertrude Stein which was taken in my grand mother’s house in France =)

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