Paragraphs on printing / elicited from Bruce Rogers in talks with James Hendrickson on the functions of the book designer ; with occasional notes and illustrations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, author.

Contributor:

Hendrickson, James, compiler.

Rudge, William Edwin, 1908-1989, dedicatee.

Dover Publications, Inc., publisher.

Constable (Firm), publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphic design (Typography).

Book design.

Printing.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

ix, [1],187, [1] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc. 1979.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1943 edition published by W.E. Rudge's Sons, New York.

"Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd 10 Orange Street, London"--Title page verso.

"This Dover education, first published in 1979, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by William E. Rudge's Sons, New York, in 1943 (Llimited large paper edition). For the sake of completeness, the colophon (pages 185-187) has been retained intact, although certain statements about the production of the original volume are not applicable to the present edition"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0486238172

9780486238173

OCLC:

6303513