Famous Aviators : booklet issued by Shell-Mex Ltd. : 1929
A rather fine booklet issued by Shell-Mex Ltd as a souvenir of the London Aero Exhibition 1929 and that contains a list and a series of photographic portraits of various figures connected with the aviation industry. Of additional interest is the graphic design and typography and the designer is credited - no less that Edward McKnight Kauffer, the renowned artist, illustrator and designer who had been 'discovered' by Frank Pick of London's Underground and others only a decade earlier. McKnight Kauffer's work in the field of posters and advertising would be regarded as seminal.
The booklet is printed by another name connected with the renaissance of printing and design in the UK, the Bradford based County Press of Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd.
Famous Aviators : booklet issued by Shell-Mex Ltd. : 1929
A rather fine booklet issued by Shell-Mex Ltd as a souvenir of the London Aero Exhibition 1929 and that contains a list and a series of photographic portraits of various figures connected with the aviation industry. Of additional interest is the graphic design and typography and the designer is credited - no less that Edward McKnight Kauffer, the renowned artist, illustrator and designer who had been 'discovered' by Frank Pick of London's Underground and others only a decade earlier. McKnight Kauffer's work in the field of posters and advertising would be regarded as seminal.
The booklet is printed by another name connected with the renaissance of printing and design in the UK, the Bradford based County Press of Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd.