The Whitsun Weddings, Faber & Faber edition Contributed by Stephen Coles on Oct 2nd, 2014. Artwork published in 1964. Source: commonorgarden.tumblr.com License: All Rights Reserved. Source: book---shop.com License: All Rights Reserved. Source: twitter.com License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces More about Festival TitlingGet Festival TitlingMore about Gill SansGet Gill Sans Formats Books (6181) Topics Literature (2862) Designers/Agencies Berthold Wolpe (9) Tagged withbook covers (5528)Faber & Faber (30)poetry (363)mid-century modern (85)all caps (7069)all caps italics (523)rotated type (2103)book jackets (855) Artwork location United Kingdom (3151) London (1743) In SetsBONNE TYPO (Aurore ororgraphic) (43)Book Covers (Stephen Black) (14) 1 Comment on “The Whitsun Weddings, Faber & Faber edition” William Pan says: Jun 15th, 2024 3:06 pm I was wondering if this was a typeface! I own a copy of a 1964 Random House reprint, which has the same front cover design but with text in red. Per images from this eBay listing, the Faber first edition uses Perpetua for the rest of the jacket, the binding, and the text, all typeset elegantly. Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Festival Titling in use “British Neo-Romantic Art” at Beverley Art Gallery2017unknownContributed by Rob Whiting Angewandt exhibition materials2007Studio Laucke SiebeinContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Penfold Pressc. 2014Penfold PressContributed by Florian Hardwig Sponsor More in Literature Igel und Vogel Geschichten children’s book2021Massimiliano AudretschContributed by Massimiliano Audretsch Tom O’Bedlam by Robert Silverberg1985Loretta TrezzoContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Illustration and letterpress print for “The English Wars”, The New Yorker2012Sam WinstonContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Scream and Scream Again by Peter Saxon, 1970 movie tie-in edition1970unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig More in Books A Science Fiction Argosy by Damon Knight (Gollancz)1973unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Symbiosen. Das erstaunliche Miteinander in der Natur2016Tomas MrazauskasJohann BrandstetterContributed by Ludwig Übele Coup de Sac by Marie Houriet, Æncrages2015Matthieu CortatContributed by 205TF Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters2007Jon SuedaGail SwanlundContributed by Nick Sherman Staff Pick More Fonts In Use L’atelier d’Armelle2022Antoine LemarchandNoémie SantosContributed by Bureau Brut Staff Pick A&S Trade & Loan Truckc. 1980unknownContributed by Jack Grimes Staff Pick ZVV Nighttime Network Map2011Contributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick William Eggleston: A Cor Americana2015Luciana FacchiniContributed by Emtype Foundry Staff Pick
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I was wondering if this was a typeface! I own a copy of a 1964 Random House reprint, which has the same front cover design but with text in red.

Per images from this eBay listing, the Faber first edition uses Perpetua for the rest of the jacket, the binding, and the text, all typeset elegantly.