| The design from the case reappeared in 1987 on the cover of Fine Print.
1920 This paper sample book contains specimens of various papers made by the S.D. Warren Company, each with an image printed on it using various processes (line cut, halftone, etc.). The materials range from original drawings to both business and personal designs. Dates Creator Conditions Governing AccessThe materials are open for research. Conditions Governing UseCopyright has not been transferred to Yale University. Immediate Source of AcquisitionGift of Ruth E.
Adomeit, 1994, and collected by Arts of the Book Collection curators. ArrangementOrganized into two series: I. Design Examples. Goudy himself was a resident at the time, and Dwiggins remained in Hingham until his death in 1956. His calligraphy�often only a word or two on a title page�was always music for the eye, and as American and timeless as Gershwin or Copeland." --Charles Skaggs | Tales Edgar Allan Poe
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930 This edition of Poe�s stories was designed and illustrated by W.A.
Dwiggins. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/5/resources/349 Accessed December 31, 2025. W. A. Dwiggins Collection Skip to main content Collection Call Number: AOB 67 Scope and ContentsThe W.
A. Dwiggins Collection contains examples of graphic design by William Addison Dwiggins, who worked from the early to mid-20th century. Oxford Art Online. As dean of American book arts, Dwiggins for decades deftly juggled visual ideas and techniques with results that transformed the physique of the book � A calligraphic sense permeated most all that he touched�illustration, ornament, typefaces, title pages, and bindings.
A. Dwiggins Collection, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University. Cite Item DescriptionW. Accessed 23 Nov. 2010, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T098010. Finding Aid & Administrative Information - Title
- Guide to the W.
A. Dwiggins Collection - Author
- Compiled by Jae Rossman
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English. If I could contrive ominous shapes here and there�shapes that hinted at strange mental states and let the reader (out of the corner of his eye) glimpse extraordinary dooms impending�that would help."
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She lived with and cared for Dwiggins and his wife Mabel from 1947 until 1968, and continued to promote Dwiggins� life�s work for decades after his death in 1956. In it, Dwiggins is described as �calligrapher, type designer, layout artist, illustrator, book designer, mural painter, sculptor, playwright, puppeteer, costume-designer, satirist, thinker, poet in prose.� | |
| Marionette in Motion
The Püterschein system diagrammed
described by W.A.
Dwiggins
Detroit: Puppetry Imprints, 1939 |
| This work of Dwiggins on the construction of marionettes is written and illustrated by him. The title-page is also shown here. | |
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S.
D. Warren Company
Boston: S. D. Warren Company, c. Suggest a Correction Cite ItemW. The text reproduces his own lettering, including additions which give the pages the look of a private journal. This issue included several articles about Dwiggins. The chapter headings are in Dwiggins� recognizable stenciled style, as is the cover paper.
Dorothy Abbé designed the cover using Dwiggins� ornaments and his stencil alphabet. A. Dwiggins Collection, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University.
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