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The books of WAD : a bibliography of the books designed by W.A. Dwiggins / compiled by Dwight Agner ; with a foreword by Alexander Lawson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agner, Dwight E., author, book designer, printer.
- Lawson, Alexander S., author of foreward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
- Dwiggins, W. A.
- Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956--Bibliography.
- Books--Bibliography.
- Books.
- Book design.
- Genre:
- bibliographies.
- Bibliographies.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Curtis Colophon (Paper).
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Joanna.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 87, [1] pages ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Printed and published at the Press of the Nightowl, 1974.
- Notes:
- "The title page illustration, and the ornaments used throughout, are by W.A. Dwiggins."--Colophon.
- "Designed and printed by Dwight Agner at the Press of the Nightowl, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was set by hand in Monotype Joanna, designed by Eric Gill. The title page illustration, and the ornaments used throughout, are by W.A. Dwiggins. ... Approximately 190 copies were printed on 70 pound Curtis Colophon, and 16 copies on damped Worthy Hand and Arrows. ... The binding of the regular edition was done by Robert Burlen & Son. Columbia Riverside Linen cloth was used for the spine, with French marbled paper sides"--Colophon.
- Special edition copies add to colophon: "This is copy number [blank] of the special edition."
- Includes index.
- 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.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 106 of the regular edition.
- ISBN:
- 091296006X
- 9780912960067
- OCLC:
- 1177010
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