Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch, revised edition with a postscript

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch, revised edition with a postscript

John Begg, 1947

Description

Juror Notes

A successfully produced pocket-sized book with informal, delightful typography.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1948)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
John Begg
Endpaper designer
Jeanyee Wong
Author
Bernard Shaw (postscript)
Trim size
4.25 x 7 inches
Pages
lxxiv, 261 pages
Price
$1.75
Typefaces
English Monotype Plantin #110, 9 pt., 2 pt. leading, English Monotype 24 pt. Bembo (display), Type Measure: 20 x 35 picas
Compositor
J.S. Cushing Company
Printer
Berwick & Smith Company
Printing method
letterpress from plates
Paper
Warren's Cumberland Publisher's (Text-shade)
Paper supplies
H. Lindenmeyr & Sons
Binder
C.B. Fleming Company
Binding materials
Cloth, Bancroft Oxford #37
Stamping
imitation roll gold
Publisher
Oxford University Press (The World’s Classics. Galaxy Edition)
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