The lord of letterpress : Harold Patrick McGrath, 1921-2000 / Barry Moser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moser, Barry, author, artist.

Contributor:

Agner, Dwight E., printer, publisher.

Press of the Nightowl, printer, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGrath, Harold.

Printers--United States--Biography.

Printers.

United States.

Genre:

fine press books.

wood engravings (prints)

Biographies.

Wood engravings.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Joanna Roman.

Zerkall Frankfurt (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Moser, Barry (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[10] pages : portrait ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : Press of the Nightowl, 2002.

Notes:

" ... adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of The Society of Printers at The Club of Odd Volumes in Boston on February 7, 2001. This edition consists of 150 copies published ... by Dwight Agner ... The text is set in Joanna Roman, with Michelangelo display. The text paper is Zerkall Frankfurt, with Fabriano Ingres wrappers. Each copy contains a signed frontispiece by Barry Moser."--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

OCLC:

52613978