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The battle of the fifty books : address / by Lester Douglas at the opening of the Fifty books of the year, Febr. 9th, 1932.

LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 71
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Douglas, Lester, 1893-1961, author, typographer.
Contributor:
American Institute of Graphic Arts, publisher.
Condé Nast Press, printer.
New York Public Library, publisher.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Book design--Awards.
Book design.
Genre:
Private press books (Printing)
Penn Provenance:
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Manufacture:
Greenwich, Conn. : Condé Nast Press
Place of Publication:
[New York] : A.I.G.A. : New York Public Library, [1932]
Notes:
"Five hundred and twenty-five copies printed ... by the Condé Nast Press...Typography by L.D."--Colophon.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean- François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has note laid in from AIGA identifying work as a keepsake.
OCLC:
51511595

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