Such Things Happen: The Life of a Typographer

by John Noel Claude Lewis

Tutor in graphic design at London's Royal College of Art (1951-64), John Lewis worked post-war in Suffolk, as art director of the distinguished firm of colour printers, W.S. Cowell. In this account, with refreshing modesty, he tells of his life as illustrator, wartime camoufleur, typographer, author, sailor and boat restorer. The war brought him into contact with such like-minded friends as Victor Stiebel, Oliver Messel, Gabriel White, Edward Ardizzone,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906290066
• ISBN13: 9780906290064
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: ACC Distribution
• Length: 256 Pages