The Legalization of Cake

The Legalization of Cake

John McClurg, 1976

Description

Severe limitations were imposed by budget. It is an experimental novel which combines both visual and verbal narrative, frequently exploring printed communication which is between the purely visual or purely verbal poles.

Special Features: book is a hand glued accordion fold which requires 15 hours labor to assemble per copy, each copy has hand coloring and printed pages unlike the other volumes in the edition.

Collections: The Book Show: Not Exactly Books (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer/illustrator
John McClurg
Photographer
Jim Legault
Author
John McClurg
Quantity printed
First printing of 85
Typeface
Text handwritten and typewritten on direct image paper master
Printer
John McClurg
Printing method
Text: offset; Black/white and 4-color illustrations: direct image paper masters + 90-line per square inch photo Aluminum offset plates
Paper
Superfine, 80 lb. white, matte
Paper manufacturer
Mohawk Paper Mills
Binder
John McClurg
Binding
plain cardboard cover, accordion fold, grosgrain ribbon hinge
Publisher
John McClurg
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