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Design Category
Book design, 1976
Designer/illustrator
John McClurg
Collection
(1977) The Book Show: Not Exactly Books

Description

Severe limitations were imposed by budget. It is an experimental novel which combines both visual and verbal narrative, frequently exploring printed communication which is between the purely visual or purely verbal poles.

Special Features: book is a hand glued accordion fold which requires 15 hours labor to assemble per copy, each copy has hand coloring and printed pages unlike the other volumes in the edition

Credits
Photographer: Jim Legault
Author: John McClurg
Quantity printed: First printing of 85
Typeface: Text handwritten and typewritten on direct image paper master
Printer: John McClurg
Printing method: Text: offset; Black/white and 4-color illustrations: direct image paper masters + 90-line per square inch photo Aluminum offset plates
Paper: Superfine, 80 lb. white, matte
Paper manufacturer: Mohawk Paper Mills
Binder: John McClurg
Binding: plain cardboard cover, accordion fold, grosgrain ribbon hinge
Publisher: John McClurg