Some notes on the engaging by-paths and enduring pleasures of fine bookmaking / by Paul A. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966, author.

Contributor:

Stanford University, publisher.

Stanford University. Libraries. Gunst Memorial Library, host institution.

Grabhorn Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fine books.

Private press books.

Printing.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Essays.

Keepsakes.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 26) (Grabhorn Press 46) (Grabhorn Press 81))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 26) (Grabhorn Press 46) (Grabhorn Press 81))

Physical Description:

53, [1] pages ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

San Francisco : Printed at The Grabhorn Press

Place of Publication:

[Stanford, California] : [Stanford University], [1963]

Notes:

"This keepsake commemorates the dedication of the Morgan A. and Aline D. Gunst Memorial Library."--Title leaf.

"The book, its art and history--an exhibition in the Albert M. Bender Room, Stanford University Libraries, Oct. 18, 1963."--Title leaf.

"The exhibition, 'The book, its art and history,' was arranged and mounted by Albert Sperisen, honorary curator of typography to the Stanford University Libraries."--Page [54].

"1,000 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco."--Colophon.

Front wrapper and title printed in red and black. Two paragraph marks and one initial in text printed in red.

Untrimmed fore- and tail edges.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Grabhorn Press 2t, 46 & 81) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Cited in:

Heller, E.R. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 644

OCLC:

1706955