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Design Category
Book design, 1977
Designer
Robert L. Nance
Collection
(1978) The Book Show: General Trade Books

Credits
Jacket designers: Robert L. Nance, Marvin Hayes
Illustrator: Marvin Hayes
Author: James Dickey
Editor: Ann Harvey
Technical consultant: Harry Lerner
Size: 11.75 x 11 inches
Pages: 120
Quantity printed: first printing of 35,000
Price: $19.95
Typefaces: VIP Bembo (text), Phototypositor Bembo with Headliners Hand lettered initials (display)
Typesetter: Graphic Composition, Inc.
Printers: Rae Publishing Co. (text and illustrations offset), Capitol Engraving Co. (special negatives from artist’s plated)
Jacket printer: Rae Publishing Co.
Paper: Special Opaque Vellum Cream 100#
Paper manufacturer: Beckett Paper Co.
Paper supplies: Lindemeyr Paper Corp.
Binder: A. Horowitz and Son
Binding materials: Natural Finish Payco by Holliston Mills; 120 pt. Davey board
Binding method: Smyth Sewn with Square back
Endpapers: Multicolor Endleaf, 100#
Endpaper manufacturer: Lindenmeyr Paper Corp.
Publisher: Oxmoor House, Inc.