Poorer Richard : an almanac long after Franklin / by Norman W. Forgue ; foreword by R. Hunter Middleton ; illustrated by Arthur Rahnfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forgue, Norman W., author, book designer, typographer.

Contributor:

Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-1985, writer of introduction.

Rahnfeld, Arthur, illustrator.

Wenholz, Herman, printer.

Black Cat Press, publisher.

Norman Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norman Press.

Black Cat Press.

Private presses--Illinois--Chicago.

Private presses.

Chicago (Ill.)--Imprints.

Chicago (Ill.).

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Victorian laid (Paper).

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Linotype Fairfield.

Bibliographies.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

44 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

Chicago : Norman Press.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Privately Printed for the Black Cat Press, 1954.

Notes:

"Printed in a limited edition from Linotype Fairfield on Victorian laid paper by Herman Wenholz at the Norman Press, Chicago. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue"--Colophon.

Printed on double leaves.

Illustrated end papers.

Local Notes:

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1 (Black Cat 2) in paper wrappers. Copy 2 (Black Cat 8) is hardcover.

OCLC:

978496