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Richard J. Hoffman : celebrating the life, a bookman's bookman, the printer, a practical printer, a brief history.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 896
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lipton, Ethan B., author, book designer.
- Bower, Richard J., author.
- Nunis, Doyce B. (Doyce Blackman), 1924-2011, author.
- Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, author.
- Docter, Richard, author.
- Dobson, Clifford G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoffman, Richard J.
- Printers--California--Biography.
- Printers.
- California--Imprints.
- California.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Biographies.
- Bibliographies.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Stuyvesant.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Albertus.
- Warren's Olde Style (Paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 57 pages ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Celebrating the life of Richard J. Hoffman
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, California] : [Ruth L. Hoffman], [1994]
- Contents:
- Introduction / Reverend Richard J. Bower
- Celebrating the life of Richard J. Hoffman / Ethan B. Lipton
- Richard J. Hoffman: a bookman's bookman / Doyce B. Nunis
- Richard J. Hoffman: the printer / Ward Ritchie
- Richard J. Hoffman: a practical printer / Richard Docter
- Richard J. Hoffman: a brief history / Clifford G. Dobson
- Conclusion / Reverend Richard J. Bower.
- Notes:
- "400 copies printed on Warren's Olde Style using Stuyvesant and Albertus types. Design, Ethan B. Lipton. Text composition, Gary Marc Remson. Display composition, Robert Trogman. Presswork, Jack M. Conway, Gary Marc Remson. Proofreading and production, Jack M. Conway, Ruth L. Hoffman, Amy Inouye, Janet Lent, Ethan B. Lipton, Sue Parker, Tom Parker, Gary Marc Remson. Bookbinding, Kater-Crafts Bookbinders"--Colophon.
- Publication information from presentation card, laid in.
- "Presented ... at the Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, October 8, 1994, Los Angeles. Prepared and printed letterpress by members of the Columbian 415 Chappel"--Publisher's announcement card.
- 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 nothing laid in.
- OCLC:
- 1176032236
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