Types Paper Print
[H.P. Lovecraft]
A specimen/reference book displaying the nine roman and 11 italic faces, and sizes, that form HM’s core repertoire. Each face is displayed on a full page in three text sizes. Three-page foreword discussing why the faces were chosen, and how they will be used (and printed) at the studio. The text used to display the types is H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Horror at Red Hook.” Edition of 50 copies printed on Guarro laid paper, issued in two states (see note below). 4to, 54 pp. 2012
The Lovecraft story was chosen simply because its length fit the space required to display the types as planned.
To illustrate the point discussed in the foreword – the importance of paper, and how it can affect a type’s appearance, especially when printed on the handpress – ten copies (1–10) were issued with the contents repeated on three different papers (Guarro, as in the main edition; Arches Wove; and HM’s custom handmade sheet from Reg Lissel) bound together sequentially, for comparison’s sake. These copies were bound by Claudia Cohen in quarter leather with paste paper sides.
Copies 11–50 were sewn & cased at HM in (different) Payhembury marbled papers.