Excerpt from "Reminiscences of a wood engraver": A talk by John DePol as a public program of the Book [Club] of California.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaver, Neil, printer.

Yellow Barn Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DePol, John, 1913-2004.

DePol, John.

Wood-engraving--Printing--Humor.

Wood-engraving.

Wood-engraving, American--20th century.

Wood-engraving, American.

Wood-engraving--Printing.

Genre:

Humor.

Broadsides -- Iowa -- 1987.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[4] pages : illustrations ; 21 x 14 cm

Other Title:

First line: " ... It was late in 1982 when the thirtieth, and last ..."

Place of Publication:

Council Bluffs, Iowa : Yellow Bark Press, 1987.

Notes:

Frenchfold; printed on double leaves.

On page [1] inverted wood-engraving by J. DePol, as it originally appeared on page 74 of Benjamin Franklin: Anecdotes & Eulogies, the 30th of the Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin's keepsakes.

At end of text on page [4]: This keepsake was printed by Neil Shaver ... using the original wood engraving.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Contains:

DePol, John, 1913-2004. Reminiscence of a wood engraver: A talk.

OCLC:

33214697