<I>Pioneers of Modern Typography</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Written by
content: Herbert Spencer, British, 1924 - 2002
label: Published by
content: Hastings House Publishers, Inc., founded 1936
label: Owned by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover copy of “Pioneers of Modern Typography” with 160 pages and two book jackets. There is a clear plastic book jacket cover over the patterned book jacket. The patterned book jacket is blue with a design on the front of an overlapping white circle, yellow triangle, and red square. There is a tear at the top and some loss to the edges. At the top left of the front cover is black printed text [Herbert Spencer] next to white text which reads [Pioneers of / modern / typography]. The author and title are on the spine in white with the publisher [Hastings House] in black. On the back cover of the book jacket there is a list of names printed in black in one central column starting with [Apollinaire]. The jacket front flap describes the book and the author while the back flap has “Other books of related interest”. The red front endpaper has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [Lois Jones / Pierre-Noel / EX LIBRIS]. The book has a handwritten inscription.
title: label: Title
content: Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Typography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.26.5.32
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1969 Herbert Spencer
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 1/16 × 8 3/4 × 3/4 in. (30.6 × 22.2 × 1.9 cm)