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Design Category
Book design, 1977
Designers
Robert Staples, Barabara Charles
Collection
(1978) The Book Show: General Trade Books

Credits
Photographer: Walter W. Krutz
Authors: Sharon S. Darling, in association with Gail Farr Casterline
Editor: Fannia Weingartner
Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches
Pages: 160
Quantity printed: first printing of 5,000
Price: $12.95
Typefaces: Mergenthaler V.I.P., Helvetica Light Italic, Helvetica, Phototypositor S&C Bastard Desdemona Sold
Typesetters: Carver Photocomposition, Inc., Artisan Type, Inc.
Printer: Photopress, Inc.
Printing method: Offset
Paper: 70# Patina Matte
Paper manufacturer: S.D. Warren Paper Co.
Paper supplies: Hobart-McIntosh Paper Co.
Binder: The Engdahl Co.
Binding materials: Black Group C Book Cloth by Gane Brothers and Lane; 80 pt. Davey
Binding method: Smyth sewn and silver stamped
Endpapers: Burnt Orange Multicolor
Endpaper supplies: Process Materials Co.
Publisher: Chicago Historical Society