The Boy Who Sang The Birds

The Boy Who Sang The Birds

Jane Zalben, 1976

Description

To capture the sensitive and unusual quality of the text, the illustrations were shot in fine line. The book’s design intends to visually augment the mood by use of Egmont Light for body type.

Collections: The Book Show: Juveniles (1977)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director/designer
Jane Zalben
Illustrator
Donna Diamond
Jacket designer
Jane Zalben
Jacket typographer
Emil P. Popp & Son
Production manager
Monica Brown
Author
John Weston
Size
6 x 8 inches
Pages
106
Quantity printed
first printing of 7,500
Price
$6.95
Typefaces
Text in 14/18 Linotype Egmont Light, Display in foundry Egmont Light
Typesetter
Emil P. Popp & Son Typographers
Printer
Murray Printing Company
Printing method
Text: sheet-fed offset; Black/white illustrations: fine line
Jacket printer
The Chaucer Press
Papers
Bulkopaque Vellum, 60 lb. natural, Curtis Rag natural laid (jacket paper)
Paper supplies
Bulkley Dunton Linde Lathrop
Binder
A. Horowitz & Son
Binding materials
GSB #260 sea foam, made and supplied by G.S.B. Fabrics Corporation; on 80 pt. binders board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, square back
Endpapers
Multicolor Endleaf, Donegal
Endpaper supplies
Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
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