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Design Category

Book design, 1970

Designer

Joseph Blumenthal

Collection

(1971) Fifty Books of the Year

Description

The book contains twenty-three scholarly essays in honor of the distinguished collector of Samuel Johnson’s works. Donald F. Hyde, a recent former president of The Grolier Club.

Special Features: Slipcase manufactured by J. Landowne Company.

Credits

Editor: W.H. Bond
Size: 6.75 x 10.5 inches
Pages: 448
Price: $30.00
Typeface: Monotype Baskerville, 11/15, with display in ATF Bulmer
Typesetters: A. Colish, Inc., The Spiral Press
Printers: The Sipral Press, The Meriden Gravure Company
Printing method: Lettepress, duotones offset
Paper: Curtis Rag, 60 lb., White
Paper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Binder: A. Horowitz & Son
Binding materials: bound in Hollistan Buckram Brown (sides) and Black (spine) on 98 pt. binder’s board
Binding method: Smythe-sewn, round-backed
Endpapers: Curtis Rag White
Publisher: The Grolier Club (New York, New York)