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Strings attached : Dorothy Abbe, her work and WAD: PB 66-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Strings attached : Dorothy Abbe, her work and WAD

Maker(s)

Author: Bromer, Anne
Publisher: Boston Public Library
Publisher: Society of Printers
Printer: Wild Carrot Letterpress
Printer: Champagne Lafayette Communications, Inc.
Binder (person): Acme Bookbinding

Categories

Description

41, [4] p, [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports ; 27 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Boston (Lincs)
  • Hadley
  • Natick
  • Charlestown

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 2001

Note

" ... set in Intertype Waverley and Monotype Colonna types at Firefly Press, Somerville, Massachusetts. 500 copies, of which 450 are for sale, were printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper in April 2001. The text was printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Massachusetts, and the photographs were printed at Champagne Lafayette Communications, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts. The books were bound at Acme Bookbinding, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Typography by John Kristensen." -- Colophon. Quarter bound in black cloth with blue paper sides; spine and front cover stamped in gold with title.

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 66-2004
Primary reference Number: 118355
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 December 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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