Blithe and buoyant spirit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weigel, John C. (John Conrad), 1886-1975, author.

Igel, Amelia M., author.

Contributor:

Dean, Mallette, 1907-1975, printer, book designer.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schaffner, Frances Porter Adler, 1890-1960.

Schaffner, Frances Porter Adler.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Centaur.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Arrighi.

Italian handmade (Paper).

Oriental Tea Chest (Paper)

Limitation statements (Publishing) -- United States -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

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

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

Physical Description:

[6], 30 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

Manufacture:

Fairfax, Calif. : Mallette Dean.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1967.

Contents:

Blithe and buoyant spirit / John C. Weigel

Reflections on Frances Schaffner / Alvin Johnson

Frances speaks for herself : reproduction of a letter to Mrs. Lewis Douglas

A letter to Mrs. Schaffner / Amelia M. Igel.

Notes:

Half-title.

Title on title page, half-title, section headings, initials, and page numbers printed in red; facsimile of ms. letter and leaf decorations printed in green; signatures printed in blue.

Errata slip at end.

Colophon: Three hundred fifty copies of this book have been designed, decorated with wood engravings and printed by Mallette Dean at Fairfax, California, using Centaur and Arrighi type, Italian handmade and Oriental Tea Chest papers selected by Joseph Halle Schaffner. April, 1967.

Quarter bound in white linen with gold and orange batik boards and printed spine and cover labels.

Paper labels mounted on spine and front cover.

Local Notes:

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 protective wrapper.

OCLC:

16808873