[43 ephemeral pieces designed and/or lettered by Jerry Kelly]

New Year’s greetings. Christmas greetings. Promotional pieces. A wedding invitation. Other odds and ends. That’s what’s in this nice pile of lettering, calligraphy, and typography by letterer, calligrapher, author, and book- and type designer Jerry Kelly. Most are even printed by him. A remarkable variety of styles, types, and approaches to conveying messages simple and complex. 

Here’s what we count:

• 4 Season’s Greetings from A. Colish, some signed by Jerry or Abe Lerner, undated, but from the 1980s
• 1 undated wedding invitation
• 3 prospectuses for books published by the Kelly-Winterton Press. Undated, but they are for early books
• 4 broadsides, one of which was for a Typophiles talk given by Jerry in 1982
• 1 leaf promoting the services of the Kelly-Winterton Press
• 1 leaf announcing Vincent FitzGerald in business
• 9 holiday greetings, 1981/82–1991/92
• 10 holiday greetings, 2000–2011/2012
• 6 holiday greeting, 2018–2022
• 4 undated holiday greetings