The Rittenhouse Orrery

The Rittenhouse Orrery

P.J. Conkwright, Helen Van Zandt, 1954

Description

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

Credits

Designers
P.J. Conkwright, Helen Van Zandt
Author
Howard C. Rice, Jr.
Size
6 x 9.25 inches
Pages
100
Price
$2.50
Typefaces
Lino Caslon Old Face 12 pt., leaded 1 pt., 25 x 45 picas (text), Ludlow Tru-Cut Caslon and ATF Original Old Style (display)
Compositor
Princeton University Press
Printers
Princeton University Press, Meriden Gravure Company (collotype)
Printing methods
letterpress (text), collotype (illustrations)
Illustrations
photographs, facsimiles
Papers
Olde Style, 70 lb. (text), S-N Text (illustrations)
Paper supplies
Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons (text), The Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (illustrations)
Paper manufacturers
S.D. Warren Co. (text), Lee Paper Co. (illustrations)
Binder
J.C. Valentine Company
Binding materials
three piece, Arrestox B (spine), Sharon (sides)
Binding manufacturers
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company, The Holliston Mills, Inc.
Stamping
gold over ink panel (on spine), gold (on sides)
Publisher
Princeton University Library
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