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Design Category
Book design, 1976
Art director/designer
Harry Duncan
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Limited Edition and Private Press

Description

The edition was limited to 225 numbered copies and has gone out of print. There are swelled rules on the title and subtitle pages, printed in brown like the initials. The year date on the title page is Mcmlxxv, but the binding was not completed and publication did not occur until 1976.

Credits
Production manager: Harry Duncan
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator: Rika Lesser
Size: 8 x 11.5 inches
Quantity printed: first printing of 225
Pages: 80
Typefaces: Text in 16/17 Bembo, two-line initials in foundry Romulus Open
Typesetter: Harry Duncan
Printers: Harry Duncan, Timothy Anderson, Randolph Klauzer
Printing method: letterpress
Paper: Grand Mogul, medium wt.
Paper manufacturer: Handmade Paper Institute
Paper supplies: Yasutomo and Company
Binder: Constance Sayre/Black Oak Bindery
Binding materials: natural linen canvas, pasted label, made and supplied by GSB Fabrics Corporation; on a medium board
Binding method: handsewn to tapes
Publisher: Abattoir Editions