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Art deco : the books of François-Louis Schmied, artist/engraver/printer : with recollections and descriptive commentaries on the books / by Ward Ritchie ; with a preface by Lawrence Clark Powell.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Book Club of California 80
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, author.
- Series:
- Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 184.
- Book Club publication ; number 184
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schmied, François-Louis, 1873-1941--Bibliography.
- Schmied, François-Louis.
- Schmied, François-Louis, 1873-1941--Catalogues raisonnés.
- Schmied, François-Louis, 1873-1941.
- Art deco--France.
- Art deco.
- Illustration of books--France--20th century.
- Illustration of books.
- France--Imprints.
- France.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Catalogues raisonneÌs.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Machine-made papers (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Palatino.
- Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)
- Authors' autographs (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Mellnikoff, Ruth (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 49, [3] pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 x 32 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Place of printing not identified] : Printed ... by Premier Printing Corporation.
- Other Title:
- Half-title: Art deco : François-Louis Schmied, artist/engraver/printer
- François-Louis Schmied, peintre, graveur et imprimeur.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1987.
- Notes:
- Colophon title: François-Louis Schmied, peintre, graveur et imprimeur.
- "This book was designed by Ward Ritchie, and 550 copies were printed for the members of the Book Club of California by Premier Printing Corporation and bound by Bela Blau. The type is Palatino and the paper is acid-free Mohawk Superfine"--Colophon.
- "Page (2) in orange with device in black and white, title in orange and black, orange vertical rule throughout book except pages (2) and (4), initial letters and entry numbers in orange. Ninety-nine reproductions, of which forty-one are in color, from Schmied’s books including title and text pages and illustrations. Photographic reproductions including two of Schmied. Type Palatino phototype. Paper machine made."--Book Club of California.
- Binding: Full black cloth; title and device stamped in gold on left board; gold-stamped spine title; orange endpapers.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1237 O") in pencil on front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy inscribed by the author to Ruth Mellnikoff on half-title leaf.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has publisher's prospectus for this edition laid in.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has small tear in title leaf.
- Cited in:
- Book Club of California. The two hundredth book http://www.bccbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BCCvol2-The-Two-Hundredth-Book.pdf, number 184
- Lewis, Oscar. First 75 years the story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987, page 54
- ISBN:
- 8205245282
- 9788205245280
- OCLC:
- 18469053
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