Five Prose Pieces

Five Prose Pieces

Harry Duncan, Wightman Williams, Arno Werner (cover design), Cummington, Massachusetts, 1947

Description

Juror Notes

Extremely stylized typography and illustrations convey Rilke’s poignantly personal sensitivity.

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

Credits

Designers
Harry Duncan, Wightman Williams, Arno Werner (cover design)
Illustrator
Wightman Williams
Author
Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator
Carl Niemeyer
Trim size
8.5 x 11.35 inches
Pages
24
Quantity printed
271 copies
Price
$8.15
Typefaces
Monotype Blado lower case, 16 pt., no leading, Poliphilus caps., 12 pt., no leading, set by hand, Type Measure: 34.75 x 47.5 picas
Compositor
Harry Duncan
Printer
Harry Duncan
Printing methods
letterpress by hand on dampened sheets, plank woodcuts (illustrations)
Paper
Van Gelder Oxhead (natural)
Paper supplies
Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp.
Binder
Arno Werner
Binding materials
Calf back with hand-marbled paper sides, sewn, tooled and cased by hand
Publisher
The Cummington Press
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