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John Anderson and the Pickering Press : an autobiography: PB 72-2004

Object information

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Titles

John Anderson and the Pickering Press : an autobiography

Maker(s)

Editor: Fraser, James
Contributor: Anderson, John (printer)
Contributor: Friedl, Eleanor
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham-Madison Campus )
Printer: Shaver, Neil
Binder (person): Campbell-Logan Bindery

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Description

Edited with an introduction by James Fraser ; with a Pickering Press bibliography by John Anderson, James Fraser and Eleanor Friedl.

Prospectus laid in.

X, 76 p., [22] p. of plates : ill ; 30 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Minneapolis

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1995

Note

" ... Neil Shaver did the presswork on a Vandercook Universal III. The 14 point Monotype Bulmer composition was done at M & H Type of San Francisco: Lewis Mitchell did the keyboarding. The binding was done in Minneapolis at the Campbell-Logan Bindery. The paper is Rives, a French mould-made sheet printed damp... 150 copies are in this edition."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. 45. Bound in cloth, with red leather label on spine (stamped in gold). Issued in slipcase.

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 72-2004
Primary reference Number: 117550
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 September 2012 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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