Holding Out

Holding Out

Harry Duncan, 1976

Description

The edition was limited to 225 numbered copies and has gone out of print. There are swelled rules on the title and subtitle pages, printed in brown like the initials. The year date on the title page is Mcmlxxv, but the binding was not completed and publication did not occur until 1976.

Collections: The Book Show: Limited Edition and Private Press (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director/designer
Harry Duncan
Production manager
Harry Duncan
Author
Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator
Rika Lesser
Size
8 x 11.5 inches
Quantity printed
first printing of 225
Pages
80
Typefaces
Text in 16/17 Bembo, two-line initials in foundry Romulus Open
Typesetter
Harry Duncan
Printers
Harry Duncan, Timothy Anderson, Randolph Klauzer
Printing method
letterpress
Paper
Grand Mogul, medium wt.
Paper manufacturer
Handmade Paper Institute
Paper supplies
Yasutomo and Company
Binder
Constance Sayre/Black Oak Bindery
Binding materials
natural linen canvas, pasted label, made and supplied by GSB Fabrics Corporation; on a medium board
Binding method
handsewn to tapes
Publisher
Abattoir Editions
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