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Description
A no-nonsense text regarding a subject which is difficult for young children, the problems of the aged, that we wished to convey in a direct yet compassionate manner. The pencil and wash drawings tenderly and unsentimentally evoke a feeling young readers on the lonely verge of adulthood will recognize—one man’s determination to preserve his independence.
Credits
Illustrator: Richard Cuffari
Production manager: Patricia Couvaris
Author: Robert Burch
Size: 7 x 8 inches
Pages: 84
Quantity printed: first printing of 9,700
Price: $6.95
Typefaces: Text in 14/19 Linotype Caslon Old Face, Display in foundry Caslon Openface, Photo-Typositor Bullfinch Old Style
Typesetters: Haddon Craftsmen, Frankling Photolettering
Printer: Haddon Craftsmen
Printing methods: Text: offset; Black/white illustrations: pencil with watercolor wash, halftone by offset, Jacket: 3-color printed
Jacket printer: New England Book Components
Papers: Fernwood Opake, 70 lb. natural vellum, Jacket: 80 lb. ivory Stoneridge
Paper manufacturer: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Paper supplies: Baldwin Paper Company
Binder: Haddon Craftsmen
Binding materials: GSB s/535 gold dust #8 (spine), made by G.S.B. Fabrics Corporation; Colortext terra cotta (sides), made by Canfield Paper Company; on 85 pt. pasted board
Binding methods: Smyth sewn, square back, All-purpose foil dusted red on spine and simultaneous blind stamp on front cover
Endpapers: Multicolor Antique ash gray
Endpaper manufacturer: Process Materials Corporation
Endpaper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Publisher: Viking Press
