The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

Betty Anderson, 1976

Description

The slipcase for this two-volume edition was produced by Brick and Ballerstein, using Strathmore Grandee Malaga Purple for the overwrap and our printed label. The label was designed by Earl Tidwell. The illustration is a detail from Autumn Grasses, one of a pair of screens painted during the Momoyama Period in Japan. It was reproduced through the courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The label was printed on 80 lb. A.P.L, supplied by Champion Paper Company by The Longacre Press. The illustrations in the text were reproduced from the original woodcuts published in 1650 in the Illustrated Tale of Genji. The originals were the work of Yamamoto Shunsho

Collections: The Book Show: General Trade Books (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director
Betty Anderson
Designer
Earl Tidwell
Production manager
Marylea O’Reilly
Author
Murasaki Shikibu
Translator
Edward Seidensticker
Size
6 x 9.25 inches
Pages
Vol. I, 152 pages; Vol. II, 584 pages
Quantity printed
first printing of 4,500
Price
$25.00
Typefaces
Text: 10/12 I.I.I. Videocomp Palatino, Display: I.I.I. Videocomp Palatino
Typesetter
CompuComp Corporation
Printer/binder
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Printing method
Text: web offset; Black/white line illustrations printed as part of the text
Paper
Warren’s Sebago Offset, 45 lb. cream, eggshell finish
Paper manufacturer
S.D. Warren Company
Paper supplies
Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Binding materials
Fictionette, purple (spine), made and supplied by Columbia Mills; Elephanthide, buff (sides), made and supplied by Process materials Corporation; on 85 pt.
Binding method
adhesive bound, round back
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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