House Olson, printer / by David W. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, David W., 1908-1984, author.

Contributor:

Gerry, Vance, publisher.

Weather Bird Press, publisher.

Patrick Reagh Printers, printer.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olson, House, 1901-1963.

Olson, House.

Printers--California.

Printers.

Castle Press.

California.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Janson.

Decorated paper bindings (Binding)

Dust jackets (Binding)

Biographies.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 54 & 129))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 54 & 129))

Physical Description:

[6], 19, [3] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Pasadena : Vance Gerry: The Weather Bird Press, 1983.

Notes:

Publisher's name appears before place of publication in imprint.

"100 copies printed. Examples of Olson's typography are reproduced from the collection of Edwin H. Carpenter. Presswork by Patrick Reagh, Printers"--Colophon.

"Line and halftone illustrations. Mohawk Letterpress paper, Janson type. Bound by the press in boards and two wrapper versions. 200 copies printed."--Twenty-five years of the Weather Bird Press.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Weather Bird 54 and Weather Bird 129) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 54) has manuscript note ("C534 NO coloph [...]") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 54) bound in decorative paper boards.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 129) has manuscript note ("C1083 TO") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Weather Bird 129) bound in paper wrappers with deckled fore-edges and title printed on front wrapper; dust jacket retained.

Cited in:

Gerry, Vance. Twenty-five years of the Weather Bird Press, number 57

OCLC:

10241453