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The Spiral Press (1926-1971) : a bibliographical checklist / compiled by Philip N. Cronenwett.
LIBRA - Special Z232.S75 C76 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cronenwett, Philip N., compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiral Press--Bibliography.
- Spiral Press.
- Printing.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Printing--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Printing--Bibliography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 175 pages : illustrations 9some color), facsimiles, samples ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Spiral Press bibliography
- Spiral Press : a bibliographical checklist
- Place of Publication:
- West New York, New Jersey : Mark Batty, Publisher, 2002.
- Summary:
- Joseph Blumenthal, founder of the Spiral Press, designed and printed for Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Robinson Jeffers and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This activity underscores the significance of the Press to American letters and cultural history. Institutions counted among the Press's clients include The Metropolitan Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Morgan Library, The Grolier Club and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Press's work is widely cherished and collected. This book is the most complete bibliography of the Spiral Press yet produced, and features a checklist of over 600 items including the Press's monographs, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs and all publications relating to the printing arts. It is an important reference tool for libraries and book collectors, as well as literary and printing history scholars.
- Credits:
- Designer, Jerry Kelly.
- Notes:
- "One thousand copies of this book have been set in Baskerville and Bulmer types and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper ..."--Colophon.
- "More than two dozen reproductions of Spiral Press pages. Offset-printed, in additional colors where appropriate. 4 tipped-in reproductions of Spiral Press work"--Publisher's advertisement.
- Facsimiles of examples of Spiral Press publications tipped in.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0971568731
- 9780971568730
- OCLC:
- 51236143
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