21 Engravings, Volume I and II.

21 Engravings, Volume I and II.

R. Hunter Middleton, Philip Reed, Carol Cannon (cover), St. Charles, Illinois, 1951

Description

Excerpts from Bewick’s ‘British Birds’ and ‘History of Quadrupeds’

Privately printed.

Special feature: boxed

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1952)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designers
R. Hunter Middleton, Philip Reed, Carol Cannon (cover)
Illustrations
electros of wood engravings printed separately from text
Author
Thomas Bewick
Size
6 x 8.25 inches
Pages
82
Quantity printed
500
Price
$25.00
Typefaces
14/26 English Monotype Perpetua. Handset (text), English Monotype Perpetua, supplied by Los Angeles Type and Rule (display)
Compositor
Printing Office of Philip Reed
Engraver
Partridge & Anderson
Printer
Printing Office of Philip Reed
Printing method
letterpress, title-page in two colors
Papers
Hurlbut Ragston, antique, Hurlbut Bethany Book (cover)
Paper supplies
Stevens-Nelson
Binder
Elizabeth Kner
Binding materials
three-piece, sewn on tapes and hand-cased, paper sides, printed in two colors, leather spine, Oasis Niger
Stamping
genuine gold
Publisher
Edna W. Ferriss
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