The marvelous platen jobber of George Phineas Gordon : including a brief history, mechanical principles and improvised nomenclature.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerry, Vance, publisher.

Weather Bird Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Platen presses.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[6], 3, [5] pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Pasadena, California?] : Vance Gerry, The Weather Bird Press, 1976.

Notes:

"100 copies printed"--Colophon.

Issued in paper wrappers printed with title.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is one of a limited edition of 100 copies.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript notes ("C1343 CO" and "1/100") in pencil on blank leaf preceding half-title leaf.

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

OCLC:

58865094