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CONTENTS Jan Tschichold: A Life in Typography
page 7
Plates 16
Early Days 1902-26 17
Work in Germany 1927-32 37
Switzerland 1933-46 50
Penguin Books 1947-49 77
After Penguin 1950-70 97
Chronology 125
Bibliography 127
Index
128