The Age of Anxiety, a Baroque Eclogue

Andor Braun, New York, New York, 1947

An inexpensive book of poetry, whose modern mood is evoked by skillful handling of a typographic style of a hundred years ago.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1948)

Discipline: Book design

Format: Book

Designer: Andor Braun
Author: W.H. Auden
Trim size: 4.75 x 7 inches
Pages: 144
Price: $2.50
Typefaces: Linotype Scotch, 10 pt., 4 pt. leading, Monotype Masterman #158 (display), Type Measure: 20 x 33 picas
Compositor: Kingsport Press
Printer: Kingsport Press
Printing method: letterpress
Paper: International (white)
Paper supplies: Richard Bauer & Co.
Binder: Kingsport Press
Binding materials: Cloth, one piece binding, Bancroft Linen Finish #5
Publisher: Random House

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