TheTicknor Society
- a fellowship of book lovers -

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Cambridge, MA  02238

Events, Exhibitions, and Sites of Interest
to Members of the Ticknor Society

We are pleased to list events of interest to our membership.
Members should send suggestions for inclusion to cruikshank1@comcast.net

A Book from Michael Russem about postage stamps designed by type designers

This past December, book designer Michael Russem gave a delightful lecture to the Ticknor Society about the many charming, little-known postage stamps designed by famous typeface designers. Now, he has a new book about postage stamps and type designers, called Notes on Postage Stamps. It discusses Eric Gill's exacting and pointed opinions about postage stamps, their purpose, and their design. Accompanied by nine of Gill's previously unpublished preparatory drawings and sketches for stamps, Notes on Postage Stamps is a short, previously unpublished essay by Gill in which he succinctly lays out his philatelic ideas—some of which were a little too idealistic and some of which were spot-on. It contains fifty-six full-color illustrations, most of which will be completely unfamiliar to historians and enthusiasts of Eric Gill's work. An afterword chronicles Gill's seven attempts at stamp design—only two of which resulted in published stamps. For more details, visit http://www.katranpress.com/books11.html

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Brian Dettmer's art books online

Brian Dettmer, also known as "The Book surgeon," creates some truly remarkable art books. DonYou can view them here :

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-book-surgeon-15-pieces

On the Edge: the Hidden Art of Fore-edge Book Painting
http://foreedge.bpl.org/

The Boston Public Library is pleased to announce that its collection of fore-edge paintings has been digitized and is accessible through a new website, a project made possible by a generous gift from Anne and David Bromer. Public/expert comments are invited through the comments button located in each individual fore-edge painting record.

Detail from Hans Sachsens ausgewahlte werke, 1961, copy in a signed designer binding by Canadian binder Annegret Hunter-Elsenbach with paintings on the three fore edges (Boston Public Library, PT1761 .M4 1961)
 

Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books (PBO)
http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/

In September 2003, The University of Alabama, University Libraries, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, received an IMLS National Leadership grant to create this digital resource, a significant digital collection of decorative bindings, along with a comprehensive glossary and guide to the elements of these objects. The project will afford students, teachers, binders, and scholars in many different areas the opportunity to study up to 5,000 decorative bindings from two different physical collections in a single, virtual location.

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