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The life horse / Susan Starr Richards.

LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Larkspur Press 82
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Richards, Susan Starr, 1938- author.
Contributor:
Wooten, Richard H., illustrator.
Whitesel, Carolyn, binder.
Shane, Leslie, book designer, printer, binder.
Zeitz, Gray, book designer, printer, binder.
Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.
Larkspur Press, printer.
Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.), papermaker.
Cartiere Enrico Magnani, papermaker.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American poetry--Specimens.
American poetry.
Genre:
American poetry -- 21st century.
Poetry.
letterpress printing.
Pastoral poetry, American.
Pastoral poetry.
Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Garamond.
Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Ratdolt.
Physical Description:
74 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Monterey, Kentucky : Larkspur Press, [2005]
Notes:
"This book was handset in Garamond type designed by Morris Benton for ATF after the work of Jean Jannon, a master printer in seventeenth century Paris. Ratdolt type, designed by Victor Hammer, was used for display. 500 copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper on a hand fed C & P. 45 copies were printed on were printed on Magnani Velata paper and handbound by Carolyn Whitesel. The drawings, by Richard H. Wooten, are based on a Chinese jade horse's head from the Han Dynasty, and a cave painting from Lascaux, France, ca. 17,000-12,000 B.C. Design, composition, printing and regular edition binding by Leslie Shane and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press. Published by Peggy Norman and Gray Zeitz."--Colophon.
Local Notes:
Larkspur Press 82: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2018. With dust jacket.
OCLC:
64770089

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