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Design Category
Book design, 1976
Art director
Merrill Haber
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Textbooks

Description

In updating this edition, special attention was given to the illustration program, selection of illustrations, design and layout, and the final quality of printing.

Credits
Designer: J. Paul Kirouac
Production manager: Charles Hess
Author: G. Kisker
Size: 7.25 x 9 inches
Pages: 478
Quantity printed: first printing of 10,000
Price: $11.95
Typefaces: Text in 10/12 Linotron 505 Melior, Display in Photo-Typositor Korinna and Helvetica Bold
Typesetter: Black Dot
Printer/binder: R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Printing methods: web offset , Jacket: 4-color offset lithography
Jacket printer: Algen Press
Paper: M-H Matte, 50 lb. blue-white
Paper manufacturer: Mead Paper Group
Binding materials: Kivar #6 white, made by Scott Graphics, on 88 pt. pasted oak board
Binding method: adhesive bound, round back
Endpapers: Multicolor Antique burnt orange
Endpaper manufacturer: Process Materials Corporation
Publisher: McGraw-Hill