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RHM : Robert Hunter Middleton, the man and his letters ; eight essays on his life and career: PB 147-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

RHM : Robert Hunter Middleton, the man and his letters ; eight essays on his life and career

Maker(s)

Publisher: Caxton Club

Categories

Description

Half title-page and spine titles: Robert Hunter Middleton.

Ix, [1], 100, [1] p ; 26 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Chicago ⪼ Illinois ⪼ USA

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1985

Note

"... The text was composed in Monotype Bembo ... The printed paper used on the binding is a reproduction of one of RHM's pastepaper designs and was printed by the Schori Press in Evanston, Illinois. The alphabet-block label was engraved on boxwood in 1953 by Middleton and is reproducted here in its original size. The text paper is Mohawk Letterpress and the illustrations are on Mohawk Superfine. The endpapers are Lindenmeyr Multicolor. Of one thousand copies printed, nine hundred are for sale ... Fifty copies are held in sheets for sale to hand binders."--Colophon. Quarter bound in black cloth with patterned paper sides; paper label on spine and front cover. With dust-jacket.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 147-2004
Primary reference Number: 118544
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 26 September 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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