Golden Cockerel type
Subtitle: a collection of essays on Eric Gill and his type for the Golden Cockerel Press in celebration of the launch of ITC Golden Cockerel
Contributors: Goudy, Frederic W. 1865-1947; Batty, Mark; Yoseloff, Thomas, 1913-; Mosley, James; Dreyfus, John; Carter, Sebastian; Brignall, Colin
Publisher: International Typeface Corporation
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Gill, Eric, -- 1882-1940; Gibbings, Robert, -- 1889-1958; Carter, Sebastian; Updike, Daniel Berkeley, -- 1860-1941; Golden Cockerel Press; Type and type-founding -- 20th century; Type and type-founding -- Digital techniques; Type designers -- 20th century; Private presses; ITC Golden Cockerel type
Other titles: Travelling companions
Notes: "One thousand copies of this first book set in ITC Golden Cockerel type have been printed by letterpress and offset lithography at the Stinehour Press."--Colophon

Laid in is reprint of letter from Frederic W. Goudy to Daniel Berkeley Updike, 27 Feb. 1939; [4] p (1 fold. leaf) with caption title Travelling Companions

Designed by Jerry Kelly

Navy blue paper wrapper, with deckle edge on bottom; light blue dust jacket, printed in black and gold
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Mark Batty; title: A publisher's story / Thomas Yoseloff; title: Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel type / James Mosley; title: Robert Gibbings and the quest for types suitable for illustrated books / John Dreyfus; title: The Golden Cockerel Press, private presses, and private types / Sebastian Carter; title: The digital development of ITC Golden Cockerel / Colin Brignall - - Specimens of ITC Golden Cockerel