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LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Tommasini 3
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tommasini, A. R. (Amadeo R.), author, printer.
Contributor:
Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
International Association of Printing House Craftsmen.
Printing.
Printing--United States.
United States.
Genre:
Private press books (Printing)
Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Van Dijck.
Gray Standard Vellum Opaque (Paper).
Penn Provenance:
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)
Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)
Physical Description:
[10], 31, [1] pages ; 14 cm
Place of Publication:
San Francisco : Privately Printed by A.R. "Tommy" Tommasini, 1968.
Summary:
Selections from contributions made by A.R. Tommasini as President of the International Association of Printng House Craftsmen in 1955-1956 for the Association's monthly publication "Share your knowledge review."
Contents:
The future had a stake in US
Progress can't get ahead of printers
Printing is more than putting ink on paper
The unknown partner is the faithful printer
The help of good counsel setteth business straight
We own some of our time to building up what we do
Sharing our knowledge means letting everyone have his say
Times of stress are times for success.
Notes:
"This is the twenty-first in a series of Christmas keepsakes for friends of A.R.T."--Title page verso
"Nine hundred copies of this Christmas keepsake have been printed ... the text type face is 10-point Monotype Van Dijck composed by Mackenzie & Harris ... The paper for the text is Gray Standard Vellum Opaque ..."--Colophon
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jean- François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
Vilain-Wieck Collection coveies has one small sheet of paper laid in identifying the book as Christmas Keepsake 21. Also, a sheet of paper noting A. R. T.'s address change from San Francisco to Millbrae. Both copies in protective wrappers.
OCLC:
2273416

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