The American Heritage Book of the Revolution

The American Heritage Book of the Revolution

Irwin Glusker, 1958

Description

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

Credits

Designer
Irwin Glusker
Illustrations
Douglas Gorsline (title page drawing), iilustrated with reproductions of contemporary art and documentary material
Author
The Editors of American Heritage
Editor
Richard M. Ketchum, Editor in Charge
Trim size
8.5 x 11 inches, Bulk: 1 inch
Pages
384
Price
$12.50
Typefaces
11/13, 10/12 Monotype Baskerville 353, 24, 48 Fry (ATF Baskerville); 16 pt. Monotype Baskerville 169; 11/13 Baskerville 353; title hand lettered by Harold Fiedler
Compositor
Westcott & Thomson\, Inc.
Engraver
Angerer and Goschl (4-color); Knapp Engraving Co.\, Inc. (4-color offset); Consolidated Lithographing Corp. (2-color offset)
Plate maker
Westcott & Thomson\, Inc. (letterpress); Herst Litho\, Inc. (4-color offset); Consolidated Lithographing Corp. (2-color offset)
Printer
Davis Delaney, Inc. (letterpress); Herst Litho, Inc. (4-color offset); Consolidated Lithographing Corp. (2-color offset)
Printing methods
5-color letterpress (128 pp.); 2-color offset (208 pp.); 4-color offset (48 pp.), Photographs; reproduced in line, letterpress halftone (120 screen), offset halftone (150 screen), 4-color letterpress process (120/133 screen), and 4-color offset process (150 screen)
Papers
Letterpress: Champion’s 47.5 x 71.5 inches —286 Cico Press, basis 80, 2-color offset: Oxford’s 46.5 x 69.5 inches —238 Wescar Offset, basic 70; 4-color offset: Champion’s 35 x 46 inches —119 Cico Duoset Ivory, basis 70
Paper supplies
Bulkley Dunton & Co., Inc., Albert D. Smith & Co.\, Inc.
Binders
Bancroft’s Natural Finish Buckram 6850 red over .080 binders boards, shelfback stamped in roll imitation gold foil, front in blind
Endpapers
New York & Pennsylvania’s 80-lb. white
Endpaper supplies
Baldwin Paper Co., Inc.
Publisher
American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc.
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