Art Director's Work Book of Type Faces

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Hardcover book with retractable book stand and 212 pages of text. The front cover has a glossy coating, with an orange background and a white and black design. The front cover has black text of [Arco Publishing Co.] in the upper left and [J. I. Biegeleisen · Art Directors' Work Book of Type Faces] in the center. The book has a metal ring spine. Attached to the back cover is a black cardboard triangular book stand. The reverse of the half title page has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [Lois Jones / Pierre-Noel / EX LIBRIS]. There is a handwritten inscription inside the book. A pamphlet from PEPCO was found between the pages of this book and is available in the catalog file.

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