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Tommy's messages.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Tommasini 3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tommasini, A. R. (Amadeo R.), author, printer.
- 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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