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 (6739) Topics Literature (3124) Designers/Agencies Berthold Wolpe (9) Tagged withbook covers (6050)Faber & Faber (32)poetry (404)mid-century modern (86)all caps (7926)all caps italics (600)rotated type (2272)book jackets (945) Artwork location United Kingdom (3364) London (1859) 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 Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Festival Titling in use Wordplay2015MonotypeSurface ViewContributed by Matthijs Sluiter Wanted: The Search for the Modernist Murals of E. Mervyn Taylor2018Anna BrownContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Comanche River by Kingsley West (Berkley)1965unknownPhoto(s) by Make It Old on Flickr. Sponsor More in Literature Utca & Karrier magazine2019Aron LodiContributed by Aron Lodi Die Erinnerung an unbekannte Städte by Simone Weinmann (Kunstmann)2021Heidi SorgChristof LeistlContributed by Christian Thalmann The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross2007Charlotte StrickMichelle McMillianContributed by Chris Purcell Mama by Peter Cave1972Contributed by Stephen Coles More in Books Menschliches, Allzumenschliches by Nietzschec. 1982unknownContributed by Vera Eberhard Ernest Hemingway book covers1971Werner RebhuhnContributed by Nick Sherman Staff Pick Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment2017Oliver MundayContributed by Garrison Martin The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe, Harper & Row hardback edition1973unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig More Fonts In Use Koschke – Woche der Kritik2018Kai BergmannMatthias NeumannContributed by Revolver Type Foundry Staff Pick Zement – Passagen album art2025Complex PleasuresPhilipp DittmarSabrina ZeltnerContributed by Philipp Dittmar Staff Pick Nightmares on Wax – Shout Out! To Freedom… album art2021Félicité LandrivonContributed by Eliott Grunewald Staff Pick Dylan Stuart business cardsc. 2013The Counter PressContributed by Stephen Coles 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.