The Skin Spinners

The Skin Spinners

Kathleen F. Westray, 1976

Description

Here are half a hundred inimitable webs of words, spun out with an air of quiet terror and cozy humor. The pen work interprets the wizardry of the poems with just the right amount of scare and imagination.

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

Credits

Art director/designer
Kathleen F. Westray
Illustrator
Ken Rinciari
Production manager
Patricia Couvaris
Author
Joan Aiken
Size
7.5 x 9 inches
Pages
84
Quantity printed
first printing of 6,100
Price
$6.95
Typefaces
Text in 12/16 Linotype Weiss Roman, Display in foundry Caslon Openface
Typesetter
American Book-Stratford Press
Printer
Book Press
Printing methods
Text: offset; Black/white illustrations: line-screened, offset, Jacket: 3-color printed by offset
Jacket printer
New England Book Components
Papers
Alpine Opaque, 60 lb. natural, Jacket: 80 lb. white coated stock with film lamination
Paper manufacturer
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Paper supplies
Willco Papers
Binder
Book Press
Binding materials
Devon gold #21300 (spine), made by Joanna Western Mills supplied by Book Press; Multicolor Antique laurel (sides), made by Process Materials Corporation, supplied by Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation; on 85 pt. pasted board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, round back
Endpapers
Multicolor Antique cayenne
Endpaper manufacturer
Process Materials Corporation
Endpaper supplies
Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Publisher
Viking Press
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