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Design Category
Book design, 1976
Art director
Lucy Bitzer
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Juveniles

Description

A historical treatment of Chinese immigration and settlement in America, specifically for young adults. The length of this manuscript and the number of pictures were early cost-determining factors and certain austerity measures were applied to keep the book within an acceptable price range.

Credits
Designer: Kathleen F. Westray
Production manager: Doris Barrett
Author: Corinne K. Hoexter
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Pages: 304
Quantity printed: first printing of 7,000
Price: $8.95
Typefaces: Text in 11/14 Linotype Machine Hot Metal Fairfield, Display foundry Centaur
Typesetter: Maryland Linotype Composition
Printer: Murray Printing Company
Printing method: Text: offset; Black/white illustrations: 133-line screen
Paper: #1854, 60 lb. cream
Paper manufacturer: S.D. Warren Company
Paper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Binder: The Book Press
Binding materials: GSB Fabrics Corporation; on 85 pt. pasted board
Binding method: Smyth sewn, round back
Publisher: Four Winds Press