Elizabeth Friedlander
Subtitle: calligrapher engraver typographic designer 1902-1984
Contributors: Whalen, Kathy; Incline Press
Publisher: Incline Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Oldham
Language: eng
Subjects: Graphic arts; Type and type-founding; Specimens; Decorative paper
Other titles: Elizabeth at eighty
Description: Published to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of Elizabeth Friedlander's typeface issued by the Bauer Type Foundry, this book uses some of the information from Pauline Paucker's majestic New Borders: The Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander to sketch the story of her working life from beginning as a calligrapher in Berlin to her exile, first in Italy and then in England, and her work for leading lights in the world of books and graphic design, Ellic Howe, Francis Meynell, Penguin, among many others. This book serves as a taste of her many different talents, her elegant typeface, now digitally available from BauerTypes, her Monotype borders and Curwen patterned papers.
Notes: Colophon reads: One hundred and twenty copies of these examples of the graphic work of Elizabeth Friedlander have been made in April 2018 to mark the eightieth anniversary of the issue of her typeface. Grahm Moss & Kathy Whalen Hand Made Books inclinepress.com.

Printed from original Elizabeth metal type, on Wookey Hole paper that was made by hand back when Elizabeth Friedlander was still alive, the book includes five double-page samples of original Friedlander Curwen Paper, seven illustrations, and two type-specimens of Elizabeth, roman and italic. The text uses various sizes of Elizabeth, roman and italic. Each copy is bound in one of her Curwen papers.

The edition is of less than 120 copies.

Limited edition of 120 numbered copies.

Quarter red buckram; Curwen patterned paper over boards; silver printed labels on front board and spine.

Rare Book copy: No. 38.