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Fine printing : the Los Angeles tradition / Ward Ritchie.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 293
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Printing.
- Book design--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Book design.
- Fine books--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Fine books.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Imprints.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Private press books.
- California--Los Angeles.
- 1987.
- Local Subjects:
- 1987.
- Genre:
- Government publications
- Bibliographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 65, [3] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Library of Congress, 1987.
- Credits:
- Designer, Scott Freutel.
- Notes:
- " ... originally presented by Ward Ritchie on October 2, 1985, as one of the Engelhard lectures on the book at the Library of Congress"--Title page verso.
- Series sponsored by the Center for the Book.
- "Designed by Scott Freutel, was composed and printed by Patrick Reagh, Glendale, California, in an edition of 1500 copies. The type is Bembo, the matrices for which were cut by the Monotype Corporation, England, in 1929; the chancery cursive italic used with it was designed by Alfred Fairbank. The illustrations were printed by the Cunningham Press, Alhambra, California. The binding was done by Cardoza-James Binding Company, San Francisco. The paper is acid-free Mohawk Superfine."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- ISBN:
- 0844405418
- 9780844405414
- OCLC:
- 14133223
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