Giraffe

Giraffe

Lucy Bitzer, 1976

Description

A natural history subject for 7–12 age group. Extensively illustrated with black and white art. A strong design element in the art determined much of the page layout. Extensive art forced the elimination of colored endpapers.

Collections: The Book Show: Juveniles (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director
Lucy Bitzer
Designers
Better Fraser, Lucy Bitzer
Illustrator
Betty Fraser
Production manager
Doris Barrett
Author
Miriam Schlein
Typefaces
Text in 14/18 Linotype Machine Hot Metal Bembo, Display in Linofilm Hobo, Garamond, and Souvenir Light
Typesetters
K & M Typographers, Haber Typographers
Printer
Pearl Pressman Liberty
Printing method
Text: offset; Black/white illustrations: 150-line screen
Paper
Mohawk Superfine Eggshell, 80 lb. white
Paper manufacturer
Mohawk Paper Mills
Paper supplies
Ris Paper Company
Binder
Keenan Binders
Binding materials
GSB 535 Venetian brown, made and supplied by G.S.B. Fabrics Corporation; on 88 pt. binders board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, square back
Endpapers
white
Endpaper supplies
Keenan Binders
Publisher
Four Winds Press
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