Jerry Kelly on book and bookseller catalogue design
Jerry Kelly\xa0is a\u200b \u200bbook designer, calligrapher\u200b \u200band type designer. Before starting his own design business in 1998\xa0\u200bhe\xa0was Vice President of The Stinehour Press\u200b. Prior to this he worked as a designer at A. Colish. \u200bJerry's\xa0work has been honored\xa0\u200bfrequently; for example, his book designs have been selected more than thirty times for the AIGA \u201cFifty Books of the Year\u201d\u200b Award.\u200b\xa0In 2015 he was presented with the 28th Goudy Award from RIT.
\u200bHe\xa0has served as Chairman of the American Printing History Association\u200b and\xa0President of The Typophiles, and\u200b has worked \u200bo\u200bn\xa0\u200bnumerous\xa0committees at The Grolier Club. He has written\u200b\xa0several books on calligraphy and typography, including\xa0The Noblest Roman: The Centaur Types\xa0(co-authored with Misha Beletsky; winner of the 2016 Bibliographical Society of America Prize) and\u200bType Revivals.\u200b His best known book is probably A Century for the Century, a catalogue of the 100 most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the twentieth century, which we refer to in our conversation, along with referencing some of the most beautiful catalogue work Jerry \u200bhas done for clients including booksellers Jonathan A. Hill and Glenn Horowitz, and The Grolier Club.\xa0