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Design Category
Book design, 1976
Designer
Clifford Burke
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Limited Edition and Private Press
Description

This long meditative poem is personal and subdued, but not in any way “somber.” I tried in the design to create a book which did what the poem did.—Clifford Burke

Credits
Illustrator: Michael Myers
Production manager: Clifford Burke
Author: Keith Abbott
Size: 5 x 5.5 inches
Pages: 16
Quantity printed: first printing of 300
Price: $3.00
Typefaces: Text in 12/14 Monotype Italian Old Style, Display in Monotype Italian Old Style, Roman and Italic
Typesetter: Clifford Burke
Printer: Clifford Burke
Printing method: letterpress; Black/white illustrations: linoleum block prints
Paper: Mohawk Superfine, 80 lb. natural, eggshell
Paper manufacturer: Mohawk Paper Company
Paper supplies: Butler Paper Company
Binders: Phonecia Burke, Cranium Press
Binding materials: Tweedweave, forest green, made by Curtis Paper Company, supplied by Butler Paper Company
Binding method: handsewn with unbleached linen thread
Publisher: Blue Wind Press