An act or two of foolish kindness : two stories / by William Saroyan ; wood engravings by Helen Siegl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981, author.

Contributor:

Siegl, Helen, wood engraver.

McCurdy, Michael, compositor, book designer.

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967, typographer.

Blinn, Carol J., graphic designer.

Penmaen Press, publisher, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, English.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Times New Roman.

Curtis Rag (paper).

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Penmaen 9, 15)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Penmaen 9, 15)

Physical Description:

1 volume ([20] pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln [MA] : Penmaen Press, 1977.

Contents:

The ashtree talkers

The crying drunk.

Notes:

"[P]rinted at the Penmaen Press in Lincoln, Massachusetts ... Five hundred books were printed, with three hundred numbered 1-300 and signed by William Saroyan and Helen Siegl. The type is Times New Roman, designed by Stanley Morrison, & was set by Michael McCurdy, who also designed this first edition. The paper is Curtis Rag. Carol J. Blinn designed and printed the decorative paste papers for the signed edition"--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Penmaen 9: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck. With dust jacket. Unsigned. Unnumbered.

Penmaen 15: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck. Edition number 200. Author and illustrator autographs on colophon page. Paste paper wrapped boards. Lacking dust jacket.

Contains:

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. Ashtree talkers.

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. Crying drunk.

OCLC:

3098103