Beowulf

Beowulf

Richard Hendel, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1971

Description

The oversize format was in part dictated by the size of Baskin’s drawings which were slightly reduced. Editorial decisions dictated setting the front and back matter in a smaller size than that used for the main text. Finally, budget limitations were unusually severe, precluding more costly binding and jacket proposals. Cover stamped in black foil.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1972)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director/designer
Richard Hendel
Illustrator
Leonard Baskin
Calligrapher
Lothar Hoffman
Size
9 x 12 inches
Pages
128
Quantity printed
edition of 4,000
Price
$10.00
Typeface
Linotype Janson, 10/13 and 12/15, with display in foundry Sabon
Typesetters
Kingsport Press, Inc., Craftsman Type, Inc.
Printer/binder
Kingsport Press, Inc.
Printing method
Sheet-fed offset
Jacket printer
Eastern Press, Inc.
Paper
Mohawk Vellum, 70 lb., Warm White
Paper supplies
Carter Rice Storrs & Bement, Inc.
Binding materials
bound in Holliston Sailcloth 15080 on 88 pt. binder’s board
Binding method
Smythe-sewn and square-back
Endpapers
Permalin Endleaf Bamboo supplied by the binder
Jacket
Strathmore Artlaid, 80 lb., Tan
Publisher
The University of Massachusetts Press
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