Biography
Book designs, writer, publisher. Born 22 August 1910. Trainee compositor at the Bauer Type Foundry, Frankfurt a.M. 1932: visiyed New York where he became acquainted with many printers and publishers. 1936/7: worked on the Penrose Annual while staying in England; head of foreign advertising after return to Germany. 1938: director of printing for Walter Cyliax, Vienna, followed by military service. He found his true position at Prestel Verlag, Munich, where he designed many books, creating ‘the Prestel book’: a harmony of setting, layout and binding, often winning awards in the Most Beautiful Books of the Year exhibitions.
- A comprehensive reference for Stresow’s life, work and writings: , Philobiblon, 1990 (see below).
Writings by
- ‘Beton – a new type’, Gg, April 1932, pp. 60-65
- ‘Typographische Packungen und moderne Warenausstattung’ (with ), AfB, March 1933, pp. 112-14
- ‘Das Graphische Gewerbe auf der Weltausstellung Chikago’, AfB, Jan. 1934, p. 24
- ‘Typography is a living art’, British and Colonial Printer, April 1937
- ‘German typography today’, Penrose Annual, 1937, pp. 60-64 plus 8p. supplement
- ‘The centenary of the Bauer Type Foundry’, Penrose Annual, 1938, pp. 64-7 plus 8p. supplement
- ‘Auf der Suche nach der Buchgestalt’ (Prestel), Philobiblon, May 1959, pp. 149-64
- ‘Printing and the Mind of Man – Bücher, die die Welt verändern’, Aus dem Antiquariat, 1975, 9
- ‘Joseph Blumenthal – ein gelehrter Buchdrucker’, Philobiblon, Nov. 1978, pp. 262-85
- ‘Der Erztypograph und die “Times”. Stanley Morison am Printing House Square’, Aus dem Antiquariat, 1979, 5, pp. A153-60
- (with ), 1924-84 Prestel Verlag. Verlagsgeschichte und Bibliographie, Munich: Prestel, 1984
- ‘Eugen Sporer, Holzschneider und Büchermacher’, Philobiblon, March 1985, pp. 27-56 (includes book jackets, paintings)
- contribution in The Monotype Recorder: Hans Schmoller, April 1987, p. 17
- ‘Die Faustausgaben mit den Zeichnungen Max Beckmanns’, Imprimatur, 1987, pp. 165-78
- contribution in , Max Caflisch. Typographia Practica, Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1988
- ‘Schriftkünstler des 20. Jahrhunderts’ (text of a talk), Der Druckspiegel, April 1989
- ‘Gedenkblatt für Heinrich Jost’, Philobiblon, Sept. 1989, pp. 218-26
- ‘Gutenberggipfel’, Aus dem Antiquariat 7, 1990
- ‘Bruce Rogers, ein Leben in Briefen’, Aus dem Antiquariat 10, 1990
- ‘Der Buch- und Schriftkünstler E.R. Weiss’, in Emil Rudolf Weiss 1875-1942 (exh. cat.), Sindelfingen: Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, 1992
- ‘Noch einmal E.R. Weiss’, Philobiblon, March 1993, pp. 42-55
- ‘Paul Renner und die Konzeption der Futura’, Buchhandelgeschichte, 1995/2, pp. B41-B51
- Die Genadios-Bibliothek in Athen’, Aus dem Antiquariat, 9/1997
- ‘Rund um die griechische Druckschrift’, Aus dem Antiquariat, 3/1998
- ‘Typographic facsimiles of early Bible codices’, (London) Printing Historical Society Bulletin, 46, 1999
- ‘Meisterwerke typographischer Faksimilierung früher Bibelkodizes’, Aus dem Antiquariat, 6/1999
- Die Kursiv, Darmstadt: Technische Universität, 2001.
Writings about
- , ‘Bauer, Frankfurt-on-Main’, Art and Industry, July 1936, pp. 49-53
- , ‘Gustav Stresow’, Philobiblon, Sept. 1990, pp. 236-43 (includes biography, books designed 1951-70
- writings, 1931-85).