'Aitch' : a portrait in words and pictures of Robert Thomas Aitchison, artist, bibliophile, cartographer and one of the last great scholar-printers / Bill Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Bill, 1917-2003, author, printer.

Contributor:

Zapf, Hermann, type designer.

Four Ducks Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aitchison, R. T. (Robert T.), 1887-1964.

Aitchison, R. T.

Printers--United States--Biography.

Printers.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Melior.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Jackson, Bill, 1917-2003 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Gerry, Vance (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 29, [5] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Wichita : Four Ducks Press, 1992.

Notes:

"This book is about Robert T. Aitchison, artist, bibliophile and cartographer. 'Whatever he planned he strove to shape it better than it was before. The example of this gentle man is our rich heritage ... ' 'Twas done into print at the Sign of the Four Ducks."--Dustjacket

"Done in an edition of 150 copies."--Colophon.

Type for this book: Melior, designed by Hermann Zapf.--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.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 122. No dust jacket.

OCLC:

26816672