The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca

Helen Barrow, 1954

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1955)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Helen Barrow
Author
Muhammad Asad
Size
6 x 9 inches
Pages
428
Price
$5.00
Typefaces
Lino Times Roman 11 pt., leaded 3 pts., 26 x 42.5 picas, Mono Times Roman (display)
Manufacturer
H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Printers
Reehl Lithographing Company, Inc. (offset photographs), Litho Studio (endpapers)
Printing methods
letterpress (text), offset (12 photographs), offset in 2 colors (endpapers)
Illustrations
photographs
Paper
Text, Eggshell laid, 55 lb.
Paper supplies
Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons (text), Whitaker Paper Company (cover)
Paper manufacturers
S.D. Warren Company (text), Curtis Paper Company (illustrations)
Binding materials
three-piece, Rex 160 RST (spine), Tweedweave (sides)
Binding manufacturer
The Holliston Mills, Inc.
Stamping
gold over green ink (on spine), gold (on sides)
Publisher
Simon and Schuster, Inc.
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