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Design Category
Book design, 1977
Designer
Ellen Hsiao
Collection
(1978) The Book Show: General Trade Books

Credits
Jacket designer: Ellen Hsiao
Production manager: Emma Staffelbach
Authors: Michael Batterberry, Ariane Batterberry
Managing editor: Gudrun Buettner
Size: 8.75 x 13 inches
Pages: 400
Quantity printed: first printing of 20,000
Price: $29.95
Typeface: Memphis Light 12/13 pt.
Typesetter: American Book-Stratford Press
Printer: A. Pizzi, S.p.A.
Printing method: Text: Offset, Illustrations: 4-color and 1-color offset
Jacket printer: A. Pizzi, S.p.A.
Paper: R-600 matte
Paper manufacturer: Cartiere Burgo
Binder: Olivotto
Binding materials: Stefletta over board, blind stamping, headbands; 3.8 mm boards
Binding method: Smyth sewn
Endpapers: 145-grm grey Risticus
Endpaper manufacturer: Cartiere Burgo
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston/Chanticleer Press, Inc.