Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, 1999
Description
This book is a collection of essays about reading, and I wanted the feel of the book to reflect the joy of reading and a life surrounded with books. With its subject matter, the book needed to be classic in style. Even with the smaller trim size, I wanted to create a book with a very gracious and open page. I find the display face, Mrs. Eaves, and the text face, Walbaum, very satisfying and clear, and I think they convey a pleasant, bookish look.
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 1999
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book
Credits
- Design firm
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Art director
- Susan Mitchell
- Designer
- Jonathan D. Lippincott
- Illustrator
- Rockwell Kent (from the Library of Elnita Straus, Council House)
- Author
- Anne Fadiman
- Production coordinator
- Harvey Hoffman
- Trim size
- 5 x 7 1/2 inches
- Pages
- 176
- Quantity printed
- 38,000
- Typefaces
- Walbum MT, Mrs. Eaves, Type Embellishments Two, Copperplate 32 bc, Matrix Script
- Printer/binder
- R.R. Donnelly
- Jacket printer
- Pheonix Color
- Papers
- Glatfelter B-18 cream (interior), 80 lb. Hammermill Alpine White, Lustre Regalia, Press Varnish (cover)
- Binding materials
- Pearl Linen 19990 Jet Black (spine), Multicolor Antique Black (sides), One-hit Lustfoil B-25 Gold (stamping foil)
- Publisher/client
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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