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The Eads Bridge

Design Category
Book design, 1974
Art director/designer
James Wageman
Collection
(1975) Fifty Books of the Year
Description

This is a catalog of an exhibition held at The Art Museum, Princeton University and St. Louis Art Museum in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Eads Bridge. Single-impression printing and small format were dictated by a modest budget and minimal edition size.

Credits
Illustrations: various 19th and 20th century artists, engineers, photographers
Photography: Clem Fiori
Production manager: James Wageman
Authors: David P. Billington, J. Wayman Williams, Jr., John A Kouwenhoven, James B. Eads, Peter C. Bunnell (introduciton)
Size: 8.5 x 7 inches
Pages: 84
Quantity printed: edition of 750
Price: $3.50
Typeface: Linotype Memphis Medium, 10/12, with display in Photo Typositor Stymie Extra Bold
Typesetter: Boro Typographers, Inc.
Printer: Consolidated/Drake Press
Printing method: sheet-fed offset
Paper: Mohawk Superfine Eggshell, 80 lb., softwhite
Paper supplies: Alling and Cory
Binder: Novelty Bookbinding Company
Binding materials: softbound in pre-printed Kromekote Cover C1S (Champion), 12 pt., supplied by Alling and Cory
Binding method: Smyth sewn
Publisher: The Art Museum, Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)