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Recalling Peter : the life and times of Peter Beilenson and his Peter Pauper Press: PB 30-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Recalling Peter : the life and times of Peter Beilenson and his Peter Pauper Press

Maker(s)

Editor: Bennett, Paul A.
Contributor: Glixon, David M.
Publisher: Typophiles
Designer: Blumenthal, Joseph
Printer: Spiral Press
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person): H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Categories

Description

Edited by Paul A. Bennett ; with a checklist by David M. Glixon.

Contents: This friend called Peter, by P.A. Bennett.--Peter and the Walpole imprint, by E.B. Thompson.--From Peter pauper to Peter prosperous, by A. Heckscher.--No crises and no foul-ups at Peter Pauper, by J. Laughlin.--Peter Beilenson, 1905-1962, by B. Cerf.--Sometime printer, sometime editor, by J.T. Winterich.--A poet who lived completely, by H. Behn.--Peter: his books and typography; a cross section, by H. Behn.--A Peter Beilenson checklist

Typophile chap books ; 40

86, [1] p : ill., facsims., port ; 19 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1964

Note

"Seven hundred copies printed....". "...designed by Joseph Blumenthal...printed at the Spiral Press and the Meriden Gravure Company, bound by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company, Inc."--Colophon.

Quarter bound in maroon cloth with blue paper sides.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 30-2004
Primary reference Number: 108032
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 September 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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