First Days With Numbers

First Days With Numbers

Dorothy S. Kaiser, Roberta Rumph (text), George Seymour, Robert Todd (cover), 1958

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1959)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designers
Dorothy S. Kaiser, Roberta Rumph (text), George Seymour, Robert Todd (cover)
Illustrators
Ruth Ruhman, Anne Blanid, Janet Haber, Delos D. Rowe Associates (text), Sylvia Haggander (cover)
Trim size
6.75 x 9 inches; Bulk: 0.25 inches
Pages
176
Price
$2.72
Typefaces
16/20, 16/16, 12/12, 10/12 Fotosetter Futura Medium (text), 16, 18, 36 Fotosetter Futura Demi Bold, hand lettering (display)
Compositor
Westcott & Thomson, Inc.
Engraver
Industrial Engraving Co., Inc.
Plate maker
Industrial Engraving Co., Inc.
Printer
American Book Company
Printing methods
letterpress, 4 colors (Chrome-faced magnesium plates)
Papers
Warren’s 37 x 55.5 inches —130 Warrentown Plate white, basis 60
Paper supplies
S.D. Warren Co.
Binding supplies
Albert D. Smith & Co., Inc, Mid City Lithographers, Inc., Chatfield Paper Corp.
Binding materials
Bancroft’s Arrestox C 1500 white, pre-lithographed in 5 colors, and coated, over .070 binders boards
Endpapers
Champion’s Regular White Sulphite Endleaf, 80-lb., book is side-sewn with an open hinge; tight back
Publisher
American Book Company
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