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Road-Side Dog

Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, New York)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999
Description

The most important task was to keep the design literary and classic. I chose a classic, literary type solution.

Credits
Art director/designer: Abby Kagan
Illustrator: Brian Cronin
Author: Czeslaw Milosz
Production coordinator: Peter Richardson
Trim size: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
Pages: 224
Quantity printed: 75,000
Typefaces: Walbaum MT, Clarendon Heavy (interior), Clarendon BQ, Soda Script (jacket)
Printer/binder: Berryville Graphics
Jacket printer: Phoenix Color
Paper: Glatfelter B-18 cream
Binding method: Adhesive burst
Binding materials: Black (head/foot bands), Kennett-blue 49508 (spine), Rainbow butterscotch (sides), Lustfoil Gold S18 (spine stamping)
Publisher/client: Farrar, Straus and Giroux