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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
Carl Zahn Graphics (Sarasota, Florida)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999

Description

There were no special challenges in this project. I just wanted to make the book worthy of the subject matter in attitude and scale –and avoid breaking the publisher’s pocketbook.

Credits
Creative director: Edward Rosser
Designer: Carl Zahn
Author: Edward Rosser
Production coordinator: Susan Chun
Trim size: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
Pages: 76
Quantity printed: 2,000
Compositor: Carl Zahn
Printer: Stamperia Valdonega (Verona, Italy)
Paper: Custom-made paper from Cartiere Magnani, Pescia, Italy
Binding method: Three-piece binding with tip-on image on cover, Smyth sewn
Binding materials: Cloth spine, with Fabriano "Ingres" paper on cover
Publisher/client: Blind River Editions