Collecting press books ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955, author.

Contributor:

Bahr, Leonard F., printer.

Adagio Press, publisher, printer.

Series:

Typophiles monograph ; 65.

Typophiles monograph, 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book collecting.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caledonia.

Strathmore Pastelle (paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Huss, Richard E. (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8] pages : portrait, facsimiles ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Cordially yours, Will Ransom.

Place of Publication:

[Harper Woods, Mich.?] : [Printed by L.F. Bahr at his Adagio Press], [1962]

Notes:

Title from inside front cover.

" "Collecting press books ... is an article by Will Ransom reprinted ... from the April, 1955, issue of Sooner magazine, published by the University of Oklahoma Association."

1000 copies printed by Leonard F. Bahr at his Adagio Press, 350 for the Typophiles and 650 for private distribution. This copy sent by L.F. Bahr.--Colophon and slip of paper bound in book.

The text paper is Strathmore Pastelle. Printed in Caledonia. --Colophon and Adagio: a checklist. Date from Adagio: a checklist.

Cover title: Cordially yours, Will Ransom.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

OCLC:

76047034