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Hands off or hands on?: PB 31-2004

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hands off or hands on?

Maker(s)

Author: Warde, Beatrice
Publisher: Typophiles
Compositor: Composing Room Inc.
Designer: Anderson, Janet
Printer: Fermaprint Inc.

Categories

Description

By Beatrice Warde.

Typophile monograph ; no. 93

"An address by Beatrice Warde to the Society of Designer-Craftsmen, May 12, 1969."

Vii, 23 p. ; 19 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1969

Note

Composed ... at The Composing Room, Inc. ... designed by Janet Anderson and printed by Fermaprint, Inc. on Basingwerk parchment, with Fabriano cover stock ..." Bound in orange card wrapper

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 31-2004
Primary reference Number: 108033

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 26 September 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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