The Village Press : a retrospective exhibition 1903-1933.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Institute of Graphic Arts, issuing body.

Contributor:

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955, writer of foreword.

New York Museum of Science and Industry, host institution.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947--Exhibitions.

Goudy, Frederic W.

Goudy, Bertha, 1869-1935--Exhibitions.

Goudy, Bertha.

Village Press--Exhibitions.

Village Press.

Printing--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Printing.

Type and type-founding--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Type and type-founding.

Goudy, Bertha, 1869-1935.

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947.

Genre:

Letterpress printing.

exhibition catalogs.

History

Exhibition catalogs

Exhibition catalogs.

Annotations.

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:

32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Catalog of the exhibition

Place of Publication:

New York : The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1933.

Notes:

Foreword by Will Ransom.

Letterpress printed in red and black. Single sewn signature in paper wrappers with deckle edges.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the New York Museum of Science & Industry, October 23-November 19, 1933, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Village Press.

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 is variant: not printed in red; without deckle edges. One page printed keepsake from exhibition laid in.

OCLC:

1503395