Praise past due : a memoir of Richard Ellis, designer and printer, 1894-1982 / Frank G. Harrington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, Frank G., author.

Contributor:

Risk, R. T., printer, binder.

Typographeum, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ellis, Richard W. (Richard Williamson), 1895-1982.

Ellis, Richard W.

Book design--United States--History--20th century.

Book design.

Printing--United States--History--20th century.

Printing.

History.

United States.

Printers--United States--Biography.

Printers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Private press books (Printing)

History.

Penn Provenance:

Traister, Daniel (donor) (Kislak copy)

Harrington, Frank G. (autograph) (inscription) (Kislak copy)

Anderson, John (inscription) (Kislak copy)

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

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

Physical Description:

69 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : facsimiles, 1 portrait ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Francestown, N.H. : Typographeum, 1991.

Notes:

"This book has been printed and bound by R. T. Risk in an edition of one hundred and seventy-five copies"--Colophon.

"A short title check list of books designed and/or printed by Richard Ellis": pages 55-69.

Local Notes:

Kislak copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Daniel Traister.

Kislak copy has inscription on title page which reads "To John Anderson, with the esteem and gratitiude of Frank Harrington 5/1/91."

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

ISBN:

0930126343

9780930126346

OCLC:

24151316