The Spiral Press through four decades : an exhibition of books and ephemera / with a commentary by Joseph Blumenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution, publisher.

Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897- author.

Contributor:

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

Rare Books Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiral Press.

Spiral Press--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Spiral, Joe (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[1]-66, [34] pages : facsimiles (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1966.

Notes:

"This book consists of 400 copies bound in cloth and 1500 copies paperbound"--Colophon.

"The present catalogue, and the retrospective exhibition which it records, combine our tribute to the uncompromising spirit of Joseph Blumenthal's pursuit of excellence and our expression of gratitude for his achievement, not alone for the Library, but for printing in our time. It is appropriate that the catalogue should itself be a product of The Spiral Press, and the reader will doubtless share our pleasure that Mr. Blumenthal was persuaded ... to write the personal account which adds immeasurably to the lasting value of this publication"--Page 7.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift: H. Justice Williams.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has inscription: "For Jim Hart -- printer to printer. Joe Spiral".

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has 4 holiday cards, with handwritten messages, laid in. Vilain copy is paperbound.

OCLC:

573828