Hosie’s Alphabet

Hosie’s Alphabet

Edward Aho, New York, New York, 1972

Description

Hosie was three when he asked his father to draw this alphabet for him. He helped choose the creatures in the book, and his mother and brother helped him with the big words.

The trim size was chosen in order to reproduce the art in its original size. The printing was done in Japan to maintain quality at reasonable cost.

Special features: Pre-printed cover offset by Panorama Press, Inc. in four colors to match six-color printing on jacket.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1973)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director
Edward Aho
Designers
Leonard Baskin, Edward Aho, Suzanne Haldane
Illustrator
Leonard Baskin
Authors
Hosea Baskin, Tobias Baskin, Lisa Baskin
Size
7.75 x 11.25 inches
Pages
64
Quantity printed
edition of 15,000
Price
$4.95
Typesetter
Typographics Communications, Inc.
Printer
Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd.
Printing method
Sheet-fed offset
Paper
Ginwa (Kokosaku Pulp), 80 lb., White
Binder
A. Horowitz & Son.
Binding materials
bound in pre-printed Columbia Apollo on 88 pt. binder’s board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, square back
Publisher
The Viking Press, Inc.
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