Corvus Works

Corvus Works. Christopher Wakeling, 9 Ravenside Terrace, Blackhill, Consett, Durham DH8 0LB, UK. Tel: +447824397664. Website: http://www.corvusworks.co.uk.

Jack W. Stauffacher. Typographic Environments. 2023. 2d ed. 20 pages. 225 x 235 mm. Hunt Roman 18 and 24 point with Walbaum italic on Zerkall mould-made natural white rough finish, in black plus red-orange; a new drawing of Stauffacher by Sara Ogilvie, printed from a line block on Zerkall Ingres; black-and-white photograph of JWS with Hermann Zapf and Sumner Stone taken in 2001 by Dennis Letbetter on Platinum Etching. Printed on a Korrex Hannover test-press. 115 copies bound in-house at Corvus Works in Burnt Sienna Windsor Cloth spines with paper sides on boards, printed with half-tone portrait of JWS from a photograph taken by Ruth Teiser on 18 December 1968; title in Sistina capitals with Walbaum italic credit in dark brown and red-orange inks. Price: $95/£75. First edition printed as a keepsake in 2012/13 — 60 copies, half for Stauffacher, half for Corvus Works. Original text from a 1968 lecture by Stauffacher on the nature of the typographic book.