Philip Gilbert Hamerton; A R Tommasini.

Remarks on the Importance of Materials in the Graphic Arts and on Type-Designing. (Copy number 153 of 450 copies of this Christmas keepsake printed in December 1955).

San Francisco: A.R. Tommasini, 1955. 16mo. [ca 24 pp.]. Very Good+. Hard Cover. Illustrated paper covered boards. Glassine dust jacket. Stitch binding. Color illustrations. From a series of Christmas keepsakes by A.R. Tommasini. Tommy Tommasini began publishing the keepsakes on Christmas 1948 which were mailed in decorative mailing envelopes in limited editions of 50 to 950 copies. Text type face 10-point Linotype Granjon and printed on Strathmore Impress Book White. The cover paper is Tweedweave Text Forest Green.

Excerpts from the author's The Graphic Arts, originally published in London in 1882. Item #18-6201

Price: $40.00