The private press in the Midwest : Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin : an exhibit honoring the visit of the Caxton Club to Northern Illinois University May 12, 1973.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Northern Illinois University. Libraries.

Nelson, Richard J., author of introduction.

Walton, Clyde C., author of introduction.

Contributor:

Congdon, Richard T., Jr, book designer.

Livingston, Mary, editor.

Caxton Club, honouree.

Progressive Typographers, Inc, compositor.

Brethren Press, printer.

Engdahl Company, binder.

Arkwright-Interlaken, Inc, binder.

Northern Illinois University. Libraries, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private presses--Middle West--Exhibitions.

Private presses.

Printing--Middle West--Exhibitions.

Printing.

Privately printed books--Middle West--Exhibitions.

Privately printed books.

Middle West.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bodoni Book.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Goudy Handtooled.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 81 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

Elgin, [Illinois] : Printing by the Brethren Press.

Place of Publication:

Dekalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Libraries, c1973.

Notes:

Place of publication follows publisher statement on title page.

"Designed by Richard T. Congdon. Copy edited by Mary Livingston. Composition by Progressive Typographers, Inc., Geneva. Text in Bodoni Book, title page in Goudy Handtooled. Printing by the Brethren Press, Elgin. Printed on Natural Sonata Kidskin, 80 lb. weight. Bound by The Engdahl Company, Elmhurst. Bound in Arrestox C-grade linen by arkwright-interlaken, inc."--Colophon.

Final leaf is blank.

Includes index (pages 73-81).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

OCLC:

788855