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Printing poetry : a workbook in typographic reification: PB 125-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Printing poetry : a workbook in typographic reification

Maker(s)

Author: Burke, Clifford
Printer: Burke, Clifford
Designer: Burke, Clifford
Publisher: Scarab Press
Binder (person): Cardoza-James
Paper maker: Curtis Paper Company

Categories

Description

Bibliography: p. 141-144.
Includes index.

Xv, [1], 150, [1] p ; 28 cm

Place(s) associated

  • San Francisco
  • Newark

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1980

Note

"... designed & printed by Clifford Burke in an edition limited to two thousand copies. The text was composed in Monotype Italian Old Style by Scott Freutel ... The paper was made especially for this book by the Curtis Paper Co, Newark, Delaware ... The binding was executed by the Cardoza-James Bindery Co, San Francisco ..."--Colophon. With propectus tipped in. Quarter bound in blue cloth with paper label on spine; patterned paper sides (overlapping text printed in different directions). With dust-jacket

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 125-2004
Primary reference Number: 118472
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 10 December 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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