A collation of specimens displaying the types & typography of broadsheets and some other ephemeral printing all now hung out to dry / printed and written by Graham Moss & Kathy Whalen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Incline Press, publisher.

Moss, Graham, author, printer.

Whalen, Kathy, author, printer.

Contributor:

Hicks, Chris, bookbinder.

JPP Paper (Firm), papermaker.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incline Press.

Broadsides--England--Specimens.

Broadsides.

Printed ephemera--England--Specimens.

Printed ephemera.

Type and type-founding--England.

Type and type-founding.

Typesetting--England.

Typesetting.

Printing--England.

Printing.

England.

Genre:

Specimens.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Garamond.

Magnani (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

Hicks, Chris (autograph)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Hicks, Chris (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Moss, Graham (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Whalen, Kathy (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

83, [6] pages : illustrations (some color), samples ; 37 cm

Other Title:

Hung out to dry : typography on display at Incline Press

Place of Publication:

Oldham : Incline Press, 2007.

Notes:

In slip case.

Sixty-seven examples of ephemera from Incline Press, including broadsheets, slip songs, handbills, keepsakes, bookmarks, bookplates, and small posters displaying more than 60 typefaces from Arrighi to Weiss. A wide variety of rare borders, stock blocks, wood engravings and linocuts are featured. Texts include classic poetry, bookish extracts and amusing quotations.

Index of typefaces used (page 83).

"The text of this book was cast in 14pt Garamond by Brian Hubbard, then put through the composing stick at Incline Press. The Magnani paper was supplied by John Purcell Paper. ... Of an edition of a hundred and fifty copies, this is number ... One of a hundred and twenty copies bound by Chris Hicks"--Colophon.

Cover title: Hung out to dry : typography on display at Incline Press

Includes bibliographical references (page 82) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Kislak has number 28.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has number 3. In slip case.

OCLC:

266678486