A beautifully illustrated survey of British transport poster design from the early 20th century In 1908 London Underground began a comprehensive publicity program that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best-sustained promotional operations ever attempted. The posters commissioned not only encouraged travel on the capital’s burgeoning public transport system; they also helped to foster a civic identity for metropolitan London. The four national rail lines created in 1923, inspired by this example, created their own campaigns. This richly illustrated volume celebrates the designs, highlighting works that are among the triumphs of 20th-century poster art.
Designed to accompany an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, Art for All features more than one hundred works executed for the Underground and the railways. The exhibition and catalogue will explore the evolution of transport posters in 20th-century Britain. It will feature the career of E. McKnight Kauffer, perhaps the greatest of these poster artists; the role of women designers; the printing techniques that brought the designs to life; and the strategies of display developed by the transport systems. Both a visual delight and a work of scholarship, Art for All pays tribute to these extraordinary exploits in public design.

Art for All: British Posters for Transport

Arts & Photography

Twyman, Michael

Skipwith, Peyton

Green, Oliver

HARRIS, Neil

Edelstein, Teri

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

First Canadian edition. A new and up to date historical survey of printing and its equipment. Includes information on printing in the far east, Gutenberg, Moxon, Fournier, and many others. Illustrated with 65 plates many of which are reproduced in color. 88 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 8vo..

The British Library Guide to Printing : History and Techniques

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

University of Toronto Press

Since its first, 1970 edition, PRINTING 1770-1970 has become the definitive guide to printing history for every true printing aficionado. It is a study of the rapid changes in printing technology through the past 200 years, from the Handpress Age to the dawn of the Information Age. Twyman educates the reader through a chronological, highly organized text. Beginning with "The Information Explosion," the reader is introduced to the social history of 18th-century printing trade in England. Subjects covered are migration patterns of printers, printers' work spaces, information flow, and the relationship between community and printing services. Other chapters, titled "New Processes," "Printing in Colour," "From Craft to Technology," "Types and Other Letterforms," "Pictures into Print," and "Design: Survivals and New Approaches" provide a comprehensive and authoritative history of the printing trade. These chapters cover subjects such as aquatint and wire engraving, printing machines, hand coloring, soap advertisements, cathode-ray typesetting, and ceremonious printing. Twyman also makes great use of the Constance Meade Collection as a visual tool. With over 800 illustrations - many in color - PRINTING 1770-1970 can be appreciated by the novice art lover and amateur historian, as well as the graphic artist and printing scholar. Michael Twyman, Ph.D. is an internationally heralded authority on printing and typography during the machine age. His current position is Professor of Typography &amp; Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. Jacket shows fading. Crease in jacket flap. 285 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..

Printing 1770-1970: an Illustrated History of Its Development and Uses in England

Business & Money

Industries

British Library

This stimulating and richly illustrated volume addresses the changes brought about by lithography in the design and production of a wide range of graphic material: books, prints, music, maps, and ephemera. Underpinning the text is the view that lithographic printers and their co-workers revealed limitations in the capabilities of earlier methods of print production by exploring the range of opportunities offered by the new process. In Breaking the Mould Professor Twyman demonstrates how these print workers responded to the economy, directness, versatility, and autographic qualities of lithography, and how some of the techniques they used led to the blurring of distinctions between printing processes. He then explores the lithographically printed products of the nineteenth century, and argues that the categorisation of printing by artefact - introduced for practical reasons by museums and libraries -obscures some of the most significant contributions made by the process during its first one hundred years. Finally - bringing the debate into current thinking - Professor Twyman suggests that research into lithography across artefactual boundaries can provide guidance for anyone studying the integration of graphic communication brought about by the electronic revolution.

Breaking the Mould: The First 100 Years of Lithography (Panizzi Lectures)

Graphic Design

The British Library

This major new book (illustrated with 850 colour illustrations) traces the evolution of chromolithography (lithographic colour printing) from its tentative beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its dominant industrial position in the fifty years before World War 1. The story ends with its gradual decline commercially and revival as an artistic medium in the mid twentieth century. It is the first book to consider the process from a global standpoint and makes connections between developments in various European countries and between Europe and the United States. Chromolithography was applied to a wide range of products - illustrations, posters, ephemera, maps, and reproductions of works of art - and it is argued that it helped to change perceptions of the world by bringing colour to so many walks of life. Chapters are devoted to the trade, and many others to explaining the methods used by chromolithographers, some of which may require readers to suspend their disbelief!

A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All

Printing Historical Society

Printing is generally held to be one of the most important inventions of all time and to have helped change the course of history. It can be described as a means of giving form to and multiplying graphic signs and messages, and its extraordinary social, artistic and intellectual impact derives from its technical appropriateness and adaptability.
In this authoritative introduction, Michael Twyman focuses on printing methods and techniques, from the invention of printing in the Far East and in Europe to today's digital revolution, and how they have played a part in shaping their end product.
With over 60 colour and black-and-white illustrations, The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques is one of a series of titles providing accessible and lively introductions to the practical aspects of the history of books and how they are made.

The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques (British Library Guides)

This major new book (illustrated with 850 colour illustrations) traces the evolution of chromolithography (lithographic colour printing) from its tentative beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its dominant industrial position in the fifty years before World War 1. The story ends with its gradual decline commercially and revival as an artistic medium in the mid twentieth century. It is the first book to consider the process from a global standpoint and makes connections between developments in various European countries and between Europe and the United States.  Chromolithography was applied to a wide range of products  -  illustrations, posters, ephemera, maps, and reproductions of works of art  -  and it is argued that it helped to change perceptions of the world by bringing colour to so many walks of life. Chapters are  devoted to the trade, and many others to explaining the methods used by chromolithographers, some of which may require readers to suspend their disbelief!

Other Media

Oak Knoll Pr

First edition, this being one of 50 numbered copies bound thus and containing a special limitation page. Includes chapters on lithographic incunables, military manuals, the lithographic publications of Sir Thomas Phillipps, books on accounting, and books with pictures. Well-illustrated. 374 pages. quarter blue calf stamped in gilt, marbled paper covered boards, vellum tips, top edge gilt by A.W. Lumsden - Edinburgh .. small 4to..

Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press

Bookpress Ltd

This work has become the definite guide to printing history for every true printing aficionado. It is a study of the rapid changes in printing technology through the past 200 years, from the Handpress Age to the dawn of the Information Age. Beginning with "The Information Explosion," the reader is introduced to the social history of 18th century printing trade in England. Subjects covered are migration patterns of printers, printers' work spaces, information flow, and the relationship between community and printing services. Over 800 illustrations provide a visual progression of printing history. 
Co-published with The British Library.

Printing 1770-1970: An Illustrated History of Its Development and Uses in England

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Art for All: British Posters for Transport

The British Library Guide to Printing : History and Techniques

Printing 1770-1970: an Illustrated History of Its Development and Uses in England

Breaking the Mould: The First 100 Years of Lithography (Panizzi Lectures)

A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All

The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques (British Library Guides)

A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All

Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press

Printing 1770-1970: An Illustrated History of Its Development and Uses in England