Will H. Bradley: His Work. Deluxe Edition.
(BRADLEY, WILL) Bambace, Anthony. Will H. Bradley: His Work. A Bibliographical
Guide Compiled by Anthony Bambace. New Castle, DE and Boston: Oak Knoll
Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 1995. Large octavo. xxiii, 216pp.
Tan cloth stamped in black. As new. An extremely useful guide to the work
of Will Bradley. A giant in the design field, Will H. Bradley (1868-1962)
became, and is still regarded as, one of the masters of book, magazine,
and graphic design during the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts periods.
Bradley's typographic and illustrative work expanded the boundaries of
both fields. His re-introduction of Caslon type was well received by reviewers.
This bibliographical guide is divided into three principal sections: Bradley's
original book work; Books that use Bradley's designs; and Books that were
possibly original work. Three additional sections cover Magazine and Newspaper
covers, illustrations and advertisements; poster designs; and other selected
design work. Entries include complete titles, measurements, notes on publishers,
bindings, typeface, colors, other works with similar designs, and generally
a note about Bradley's part in a particular publication. Most of the items
in the first three sections are illustrated with reproductions of covers
and title-pages, and there are many illustrations in the final three sections
as well. Also included are author, title, and publisher indices, and an
introductory biography that very clearly states the salient points and
milestone of Bradley's career.
Although a complete bibliography of Bradley would be near-impossible to
compile, the wealth of detail covered here makes this an indispensable
guide for the collector, and an extremely useful tool for the student
of book design in the later stages of the nineteenth century and the first
half of the twentieth..
50 copies signed and numbered, bound in quarter leather and patterned boards, housed in cloth-covered clamshell boxes with leather spine labels. Included in each box is an original copy of "Bradley: His Book." $350.00 (+ shipping)