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Bound to vary : a Guild of Book Workers exhibition of unique fine bindings on the Married Mettle Press limited edition of Billy Budd, sailor.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 154
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guild of Book Workers, publisher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
- Melville, Herman.
- Bookbinding--Exhibitions.
- Bookbinding.
- Billy Budd (Melville, Herman).
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Trump.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [2], 63, [3] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Guild of Book Workers exhibition of unique fine bindings on the Married Mettle Press limited edition of Billy Budd, sailor
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : The Guild of Book Workers, Inc., 521 Fifth Avenue, 1988.
- Notes:
- Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dec. 8, 1987-Jan. 29, 1988, and ten other institutions, Feb. 3, 1988-Aug. 13, 1989.
- Place of publication follows publisher's name on title page verso.
- "This catalog was designed and typeset by Benjamin and Deborah Alterman in Trump Roman and Italic types. It was printed by Cypher Press on Karma Text and Gainsborough Cover papers, generously donated by Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead. The smythe-sewn binding was by CHM Bindery. The color photography was by Julie Ainsworth"--Colophon
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- OCLC:
- 17881573
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