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Description
The book is almost entirely the work of Syl Labrot from all aspects, authorship, photography design, separations, stripping, everything except for the actual press operation and the binding. In this way it was possible for the artist to publish this book in a small edition.
Credits
Illustrator: Syl Labrot
Production manager: Syl Labrot
Author: Syl Labrot
Size: 10.5 x 15.75 inches
Pages: 84
Quantity printed: first printing of 1200
Price: $37.50
Typefaces: Text in Monotype Bembo and Garamond and Linotype Weiss, Italic, and Arrighi (often photographically manipulated), Display in photo Stark Debonair
Typesetters: Will Burton, Franklin Photo Lettering
Color separator: Syl Labrot
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Printing method: offset
Paper: Fairfield Vellum, 100 lb., text
Paper manufacturer: Strathmore Paper Company
Paper supplies: Meriden Gravure Company
Binding materials: Columbia Riverside Chambray (4701) (spine), Kivar #5 Bayberry, Scott Graphics with cambric embossing (sides), supplied by Eclipse; on .123 pt. Davey board
Binding method: Smyth sewn, flat black headband, square back
Endpapers: Carnival, sand, 65 lb. cover
Endpaper manufacturer: Weyerhaeuser Company
Endpaper supplies: Forest Paper Company
Publisher: Eclipse
