Pewter in America, Its Makers and Their Marks

Pewter in America, Its Makers and Their Marks

John Woodlock, Boston, Massachusetts, 1941

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1942)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
John Woodlock
Illustrations
gravure, line engravings in text
Author
Ledlie Irwin Laughlin
Size
9.25 x 12.25 inches
Pages
xix, 139, 58 plates (vol. 1); vii, 242, 20 plates (vol. 2)
Quantity printed
1,000
Price
$25.00
Typefaces
Monotype Janson No. 401, 12 point, 2 point leaded (text), Caslon and Monotype Janson No. 401 (title page), 36 x 52.5 picas
Compositor
The Riverside Press
Printers
Meriden Gravure Co. (gravure), The Riverside Press (letterpress and line engravings)
Printing methods
letterpress, gravure (illustrations)
Papers
Hurlbut Glenbourn wove, deckle edge, white antique, Bs. 80 (text), Tileston & Hollingsworth white (illustrations)
Binder
The Riverside Press
Binding
sewn on two tapes, cloth-bound, Bancroft Linen Finish No. 32, dark blue grey (sides), Bancroft Buckram No. 1, natural linen color (backbone), leather labels
Stamping
genuine flat gold leaf (leather labels)
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
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