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Fond of printing : Gordon Graig [sic] as typographer & illustrator: PB 334-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fond of printing : Gordon Graig [sic] as typographer & illustrator

Maker(s)

Author: Franklin, Colin
Contributor: Craig, Edward
Contributor: Craig, Gordon
Publisher: Typophiles
Designer: Lerner, Abe
Printer: Westerham Press
Binder (person): Goldman, Sam
Binder (person): Publishers Book Bindery

Categories

Description

By Colin Franklin ; with a foreword by Edward Craig and an essay by Gordon Craig on illustrations in general.

Series: Typophile chap books ; 54

89, [3] p. : facsims. ; 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1980

Note

" ... designed by Abe Lerner ... 500 copies made for The Typophiles, 450 for the Book Club of California and 400 in paperback for Hurtwood Publications for sale in Great Britain. There are also 125 special copies signed by the author and containing two unique woodcuts by Gordon Craig."--Colophon, p. [92]. Illustrated with facsims., some printed on colored paper. Binding, publisher's, by Sam Goldman of Publishers Book Bindery, New York, of quarter cloth and gray-green paper boards.

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 334-2003
Primary reference Number: 98025
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 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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