William Morris, master-printer : a lecture given on the evening of November 27, 1896, to students of the Printing School, St. Bride Foundation Institute in London / by Frank Colebrook ; with a new introduction by William S. Peterson ; wood engravings by John DePol.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Colebrook, Frank, author.

Contributor:

• Shaver, Neil, printer.
• DePol, John, 1913-2004, wood-engraver.
• Peterson, William S., writer of introduction.
• Harold Berliner's Typefoundry (Nevada City, Calif.), compositor.
• Yellow Barn Press, publisher, printer.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Morris, William, 1834-1896.
• Kelmscott Press.
• Printing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• Printers--Great Britain--Biography.
• Printers.
• Printing.
• Great Britain.

Genre:

• Italic (typeface group) -- Blado -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Lectures -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Linen-texture cloth bindings -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Mould-made papers -- Rives -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Numbered limited editions -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Private press books -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Roman (typeface group) -- Poliphilus -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• Wood engravings) -- U.S.A. -- 1989.
• fine press books.
• lectures.
• Biographies.
• History.
• Lectures.
• Private press books (Printing)
• Rives (Paper).
• Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Poliphilus.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Blado italic.

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, [2], 34, [2] pages : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Council Bluffs, Iowa : Yellow Barn Press, 1989.

Notes:

• "This book was printed in the spring of 1989 at the Yellow Barn Press, Council Bluffs, Iowa. The setting is 13 point Poliphilus and Blado italic in Monotype from the Harold Berliner Typefoundry. The Morris-inspired ornaments were engraved on wood by John DePol. The paper is Rives heavy, printed damp. Neil Shaver was the pressman using a Vandercook Universal. There are 155 copies in the edition"--Colophon.
• "This lecture appeared in the November 1896 issue of The printing times and lithographer"--Page [v].
• Includes bibliographical references (page x).

Local Notes:

• Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 46. Prospectus laid in.

OCLC:

32205309