The day the pig fell into the well / by John Cheever.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheever, John, author, autographer.

Contributor:

Gerry, Vance, book designer, printer, binder.

Blau, Bela, binder.

Lord John Press, publisher.

Curtis Fine Papers, papermaker.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--20th century.

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Falcon.

Short stories.

Authors' autographs (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Cheever, John (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 23, [3] pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Northridge, California : Lord John Press, 1978.

Notes:

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

First appeared in the New Yorker, Oct. 23, 1954.

"This edition ... is limited to two hundred and seventy-five numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies, all of which have been signed by the author. The paper is Curtis Tweedweave and the type is Falcon. Designed, printed and twenty-six copies handbound in boards by Vance Gerry for the Lord John Press"--Colophon.

"26 de-luxe copies bound by the press, 249 copies bound by Bela Blau."--Gerry.

Title and first page of text printed in tan and black.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 71 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 275 numbered copies signed by the author. See colophon.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript notes ("C1234 ki" and "L1071" and "275 Copies Signed") in pencil on front free endpaper.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has advertising bookmark of Heartwood Used & Rare Books (Charlottesville, Va.) laid in.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in quarter tan cloth over decorative paper boards; paper spine label printed in tan and black with title and author's name; tan endpapers.

Cited in:

Gerry, Vance. Twenty-five years of the Weather Bird Press, 35

OCLC:

5751377