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For Jean Grolier & his friends : 125 years of Grolier Club exhibitions and publications, 1884-2009.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Grolier Club 43
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ong, George, 1957- author.
- Holzenberg, Eric, author.
- Series:
- Grolier fine printing. New series no. 4.
- Grolier fine printing : New series ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grolier Club--History.
- Grolier Club.
- Bibliography--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc--History.
- Bibliography.
- Bibliographical libraries--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Bibliographical libraries.
- Bibliographical literature--Publishing--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Bibliographical literature.
- New York (N.Y.)--Imprints--Catalogs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Bibliographical literature--Publishing.
- Bibliography--Societies, etc.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- History.
- Artists' books -- New York (State) -- New York -- 2009.
- Subscriber's lists.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Dante (Monotype).
- Hahnemühle Schiller (paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, [3], 460 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- For Jean Grolier and his friends
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grolier Club, 2009.
- Contents:
- Preface / by William H. Helfand
- Book & print exhibitions at the Grolier Club / by George Ong : Book and print exhibitions at the Grolier Club, an overview of 125 years of activity ; A chronology of public, member & small exhibitions held at the Grolier Club, 1884-2009
- Publications of the Grolier Club / by Eric Holzenberg : The Grolier Club publications program ; A checklist of books, pamphlets, medals, prints & periodicals published by the Grolier Club, or by others in connection with Grolier Club events, 1884-2009
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Copyright 2009 The Grolier Club"--verso of title page.
- "By George Ong & Eric J. Holzenberg: being a history of Grolier Club exhibitions and publications from the Founding of the Club to the present day, supplemented by comprehensive illustrated checklists of these programs. based in part on lists originally compiled by Allen Asaf, and continued by Grolier Club members Martin W. Hunter & James O'Halloran"--verso of title page.
- "For Jean Grolier and his friends: 125 years of Grolier Club exhibitions and publications, 1884-2009 has been printed in an edition of 279 copies. Of these, 29 are in a deluxe edition of 26 lettered copies and 3 hors commerce, signed by the authors, specially bound, accompanied by a portfolio of examples of original Grolier Club ephemera, and enclosed in a slipcase. Typeset in a modified version of Monotype Dante, designed by Giovanni Mardersteig, Verona, Italy. Printed on Hahnemühle Schiller paper, manufactured in Dassel, Germany. Letterpress printing by Bradley Hutchinson, Austin, Texas. Offset printing by Thames Printing Company, Norwich, Connecticut. Binding by Campbell-Logan Bindery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slipcases for the deluxe edition by Judi Conant Bookbinder, Maidstone, Vermont. Design and production by Jerry Kelly, New York, New York"--Colophon.
- Color tipped-in illustrations throughout.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-438) and index (pages 439-460).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 7
- ISBN:
- 1605830194
- 9781605830193
- OCLC:
- 464239799
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