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Checklist : Stone House Press books & ephemera, 1978-1988: PB 58-2004

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Titles

Checklist : Stone House Press books & ephemera, 1978-1988

Maker(s)

Compiler: Brody, Catherine Tyler
Contributor: Tanselle, G. Thomas
Designer: Laws, George
Printer: Gelfand, M. A.
Printer: Ricciardi, Jim
Illustrator: DePol, John
Binder (person): Casto, Frank
Binder (person): Alpha-Pavia Bindery

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Description

Compilation and introduction by Catherine Tyler Brody ; preface by G. Thomas Tanselle.

113 p : ill., facsims ; 26 cm.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1989

Note

" ... designed by George Laws and printed by M. A. Gelfand and Jim Ricciardi on Mohawk Letterpress paper from type (Bembo) set at the Out of Sorts Letter Foundery ... With a few exceptions, the wood engravings were printed from the original wood blocks, and other types of illustration were printed from metal line cuts. John DePol created the design for the cover pattern paper, and a new wood engraving of the Stone House. George Laws drew the "Stone House Press" initials and figures for the title page and the opening paragraphs of the Preface, and the Introduction ... The binding was designed by George Laws: the books bound by Frank Casto of Alpha-Pavia Bindery, New York City. This edition is limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the compiler and by the printer, with 175 for sale" -- Colophon. Museum copy is unnumbered. Quarter bound in cloth with patterned paper sides.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 58-2004
Primary reference Number: 117542
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Checklist : Stone House Press books & ephemera, 1978-1988" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/117542 Accessed: 2024-11-02 10:19:36

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