Leonard Cohen lyrics booklet
A mysterious and modest flea market find – a booklet (150×243 mm) containing the lyrics of three Leonard Cohen albums: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), Songs From a Room (1969) and Songs of Love and Hate (1971). Other than a thank you to “Hank of Casterun”, there is no information included about publisher or a publication date.
The title is set with Signal or – more likely – the printer used Lettergieterij Amsterdam’s version named Sirene. For some reason, the letters are slightly disconnected. The interior uses another Lettergieterij Amsterdam release: Hollandse Mediaeval, designed by Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos in 1912.
Table of contents, with CBS Records release code for each album. A odd numbering is used for the list of songs: 1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 etc.
Detail. Zooming in on the type reveals small imperfections: for instance, most lowercase o’s have a bit of dirt on the right side.
2 Comments on “Leonard Cohen lyrics booklet”
Lovely! The thin lines between bold script letters were a common issue in letterpress printing, see also the second image in this previous post featuring a similar typeface, Mammut. Especially when the type became worn and the edges round, the ink spread often wasn’t enough anymore to bridge the gap.
I see. It adds to the charm, the printer trying to make the best of his worn-off letter sorts,