The private press : an exhibition in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Trovillion Private Press, 1908-1958 / foreword by Frank Luther Mott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southern Illinois University (Carbondale campus). Libraries, host institution.

Contributor:

Hornstone Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trovillion Private Press.

Private presses.

Privately printed books--Bibliography.

Privately printed books.

private presses.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Bibliographies.

Exhibition catalogs.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Weiss.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Weiss Initials.

Japanese hand made (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wiseman, Syble (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 11, [1] pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Hornstone Press for Southern Illinois University Library, 1959.

Contents:

Some English presses

Some American presses

Some Illinois presses

At the Sign of the Silver Horse.

Notes:

"Additional private press books": 1 page inserted.

This special edition printed on hand made paper has been limited to one hundred copes and is here signed by Hal W. Trovillion, founder, The Trovillion private press at the sign of the silver horse. [signed] Hal W. Trovillion. [in type] This is copy number [in ink] --."

Catalog text type is twelve point Weiss. Display type is twenty-four point Weiss Initials. Text of special limited edition printed on Japanese hand made paper.

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 unnumbered, No page inserted.as noted above.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has 2 inserts. A printed notice from Trovillion Press announcing their closure. Also, a typed list of some of its titles.

OCLC:

1370619