Octavo. An international journal of typography. Nos. 1-8 [all published]. Ed. by Simon Johnston, Michael Burke and Hamish Muir. Eight Five Zero Publishing, 1986-92. Seven 16pp. paper issues and a CD rom. Loose folding poster. A nice set. SOLD
'Octavo had a high-mindedness and a purity that set it apart intellectually and aesthetically from both the commercial and 'style' wings of contemporary British graphics. Octavo was sternly opposed to typographic mediocrity, nostalgia, fashion, decoration, symmetry, centred type and the hated serif. It was for a semantically determined use of structure and the infinite possibilities of typographic experimentation. "We take an internationalist, modernist stance," the first edition concluded. "This is necessary in England."'
Rick Poynor, Eye 9:3, 1993
Fine Print. A review for the arts of the book. Ed. by Sandra Kirshenbaum. Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 16, no. 3 [all published], 1975-90. 4to. 63 vols. 7 issues of Fine Print 2, the supplementary calendar and classified advertisements section commenced at 5:1, not present. Wire-stitched, with or without wrappers, as issued. A few corners bruised, but generally excellent. A notable leader in the revival and renewal of the fine press movement in the last quarter of the twentieth century. SOLD
