Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William) 1865-1947

Overview

Works:	618 works in 814 publications in 7 languages and 11,209 library holdings
Genres:	Essay Scrapbooks Calendars
Roles:	Editor, Printer, Type designer, Other, Artist, Speaker, Contributor, Signer, Author of introduction, Honoree
Classifications:	nk3600, 686.224

Publication Timeline

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|2010

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Publications about Frederic W Goudy

Publications by Frederic W Goudy

Publications by Frederic W Goudy, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Frederic W Goudy

Behind the type : the life story of Frederic W. Goudy by Bernard Lewis ( Book )
The story of Frederic W. Goudy by Peter Beilenson ( Book )
Goudy, master of letters by Vrest Orton ( Book )
Frederic Goudy, Joseph Foster, and the press at Scripps College by Ward Ritchie ( Book )
Men of printing : Anglo-American profiles by John J Walsdorf ( Book )

The story of Frederic W. Goudy. Printed for the Goudy Centennial, 1965 by Peter Beilenson ( Book )
Frederic William Goudy : art director to the Lanston Monotype Machine Company 1920-1939 ; Typographic Counsel 1939-1947 by Lanston Monotype Machine Company ( Book )
FWG tributes ( Book )
Goudy: an address by Temple Scott ( Book )
Goudy gaudeamus : in celebration of the dinner given Frederic W. Goudy on his 74th birthday, March eighth, 1939 ( Book )
A Garland for Goudy; being verses, old and new, gathered for his eightieth birthday, March eighth, 1945 ( Book )
A Goudy memoir : essays by and about America's great type designer Frederic W. Goudy ( Book )
Commemorating the presentation of a medal of honor to Frederic W. Goudy by the Ulster-Irish Society of New York for notable service to the nation, nineteenth of March, MCMXXXVII ( Book )
To F.W.G. at LXXVII by Carl Purington Rollins ( Book )
The liberty bell on the Kelmscott Goudy press by J. Ben Lieberman ( Book )
Fred Goudy's last letter by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
To F.W.G. at seventy-eight by John Edward Allen ( Book )
F.W.G., an appreciation by Robert Hunter Middleton ( Book )
Dorothy Drake and the Scripps College Press by Judy Harvey Sahak ( Book )
The work of Frederic W. Goudy, printer and craftsman by Temple Scott ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Frederic W Goudy

The alphabet, and Elements of lettering by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
31 editions published between 1942 and 1992 in English and Spanish and held by 1,200 libraries worldwide
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The Bible designed to be read as living literature. The Old and the New Testaments in the King James version ( Book )
6 editions published between 1936 and 2008 in English and held by 1,057 libraries worldwide

Frederic Goudy by D. J. R Bruckner ( Book )
6 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 547 libraries worldwide

Typologia : studies in type design & type making, with comments on the invention of typography, the first types, legibility, and fine printing by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
11 editions published between 1940 and 1977 in English and held by 490 libraries worldwide

A half-century of type design and typography, 1895-1945 by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
18 editions published between 1946 and 1978 in English and held by 309 libraries worldwide

The alphabet : fifteen interpretative designs drawn and arranged with explanatory text and illustrations by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
16 editions published between 1918 and 1932 in English and held by 220 libraries worldwide

Elements of lettering (with XIII full-page plates) by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
3 editions published between 1922 and 1926 in English and held by 194 libraries worldwide

The capitals from the Trajan column at Rome by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
3 editions published in 1936 in English and held by 173 libraries worldwide

A bibliography of the Village Press by Melbert Brinckerhoff Cary ( Book )
7 editions published between 1938 and 1981 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide

Type design : an essay on American type design with specimens of the outstanding types by Douglas C McMurtrie ( Book )
2 editions published in 1927 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide

The story of the Village type by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
4 editions published in 1933 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide

Rip Van Winkle : a posthumous writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker by Washington Irving ( Book )
1 edition published in 1930 in English and held by 118 libraries worldwide

Elements of lettering [with XIII full-page plates by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
8 editions published between 1922 and 1926 in English and held by 103 libraries worldwide

Typologia; studies in type design & type making by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
2 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 83 libraries worldwide

Types of the past, type revivals, with a few words on type design in general by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 82 libraries worldwide

The City of Crafts : a phantasy : being some account of a journey to the Court of the Printers' Guild by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
2 editions published in 1922 in English and held by 74 libraries worldwide

BR to FWG by Bruce Rogers ( Book )
3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 70 libraries worldwide

Ars typographica. v.1-3, no. 1; spring 1918-autumn 1934 ( Book )
1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 57 libraries worldwide

A composite showing of Goudy types : a pamphlet supplementing the Specimen book of 1923, showing important additions to the Goudy family by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
2 editions published in 1927 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide

Bertha M. Goudy; recollections by one who knew her best by Frederic W Goudy ( Book )
3 editions published between 1939 and 1992 in English and held by 55 libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.69 (from 0.35 for Rip Van Wi ... to 0.85 for The City o ...)

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Alphabet‍ Alphabets‍ American poetry‍ Art appreciation‍ Bible‍ Bibliography‍ Biography‍ California Cobden-Sanderson, T. J.--1840-1922‍ Collections‍ DePol, John,--1913-2004‍ Early works‍ England‍ Fiction‍ Gill, Eric,--1882-1940‍ Goudy, Bertha,--1869-1935‍ Goudy, Frederic W.--1865-1947‍ Great Britain History‍ Hornby, Charles Harry St. John,--1867-1946‍ Interviews‍ Kelmscott Press‍ Latin language--Alphabet‍ Legibility (Printing)‍ Lettering‍ Literature‍ Medicine‍ Morris, William,--1834-1896‍ Nash, John Henry,--1871-1947‍ New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region New York (State)--New York‍ Periodicals‍ Poetry‍ Printers‍ Printing‍ Private presses‍ Records and correspondence‍ Rogers, Bruce,--1870-1957‍ Scripps College.--Press‍ Specimens‍ Traditional medicine‍ Trajan's Column (Rome, Italy)‍ Type and type-founding‍ Type designers‍ Typesetting‍ United States University of California Press‍ Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character)‍ Village Press‍ Walker, Emery,--Sir,--1851-1933‍

A half-century of type design and typography, 1895-1945

Alternative Names

Frederic W. Goudy 1865-1947

Goudy, F. W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947

Goudy, Frederic W

Goudy, Frederic William, 1865-1947.

Languages

English (888)
Undetermined (4)
Latin (4)
Spanish (4)
Swedish (3)
German (2)
Greek, Modern (1)

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