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Design Category
Book design, 1975
Art directors
Cameron Poulter, Joseph Alderfer
Collection
(1976) Fifty Books of the Year

Description

This is the first definitive catalogue raisonné of Kent’s prints, including a collection of ancillary sketches and lesser known woodcuts. There are appendices covering Kent’s cloth design, a chronological listing of all prints, and a complete bibliography. Of prime concern was quality of reproduction of the prints. Trial runs using various papers and inks were made before we made a final selection.

Credits
Designer: Jospeh Alderfer
Production manager: Cameron Poulter
Author: Dan Burne Jones
Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Pages: 240
Quantity printed: first printing of 6,000
Price: $32.50
Typefaces: text in 10/12 Linotype Garamond, display in Photo-Typositor Basilea
Typesetter: Typoservice Corporation
Printer: Photopress
Printing method: sheet-fed offset
Paper: Artlaid, 70 lb natural
Paper manufacturer: Strathmore Paper Company
Paper supplies: Chicago Paper Company
Binder: The Engdahl Company
Binding: A 1 7/8” x 2 3/8” reproduction of Rockwell Kent’s mark is pasted into a blind-stamped block on the front line of the binding. It is surrounded by a gold-stamped border.
Binding materials: Milbank Linen, gold, made by Columbia Mills; on 80 pt. binder’s board
Binding method: Smyth sewn, square back
Endpapers: Text Opaque, 70 lb. Aztec gold
Endpaper manufacturer: Hammermill Paper Company
Endpaper supplies: American Publishers Press
Publisher: University of Chicago Press