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The Psalms

Design Category
Book design, 1973
Art director/designer
Ismar David
Collection
(1974) Fifty Books of the Year
Description

This is a new English translation prepared by the Jewish Publication Society of America issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

Special features: Genuine gold stamping on backbone and front cover.

Credits
Illustrator: Ismar David
Size: 10 x 13 inches
Pages: 192
Quantity printed: edition of 1,500
Price: $50.00
Typefaces: English text in Monotype Dante, 12/15, Hebrew text in Intertype David, 12/15
Typesetters: Maurice Jacobs, Inc., Waldon Press Inc., Display handlettered by the illustrator
Printer: Rae Publishing Company, Inc.
Printing method: sheet-fed offset
Paper: Curtis Rag Wove Offset, 75 lb., White
Paper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Binder: Tapley-Rutter Company
Binding materials: bound in Columbia Bradford Buckram White on 110 pt. binder’s board
Binding method: Smyth sewn, round back
Endpapers: Multicolor Dove Gray (Process Materials)
Endpaper supplies: Lindenmeyr
Publisher: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations (New York, New York)