Michael D Twyman

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

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 lim...

Art for All: British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art)

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 ...

By Michael Twyman A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All [Hardcover]

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

Directory of London Lithographic Printers, 1800-50

First Edition; Very Good; 8vo. 10 x 6 1/4 inches. [vi], 55 pp. Alphabetic list of lithographic printers noting their specialties, 6 maps (1 folding). Bright blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, wax-paper dust-jacket. This is a check-list of London lithographic printers from the first half of the ninete...

Lithography, 1800-1850: The Techniques of Drawing on Stone in England and France and Their Application to Works of Typography

First edition. Three major sections: The First Twenty Years, The Process of Lithography, and Topographical Lithography in England and France. Also has a bibliography of the subject. Jacket is price-clipped with small price sticker on front flap. xxi, 302 pages followed by 158 plates. cloth, dust jac...

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

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 ...

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

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

Lithography, 1800-1850: The Techniques of Drawing on Stone in England and France and Their Application to Works of Typography

The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques

The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques

Breaking the Mould: The First Hundred Years of Lithography the Panizzi Lectures for 2000

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

Michael Twyman

Michael Twyman (born 1934) is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. He joined the