Skip to main content

Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half century 1925-1975: PB 118-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half century 1925-1975

Maker(s)

Publisher: Grolier Club, The
Author: Blumenthal, Joseph
Designer: Blumenthal, Joseph
Printer: Stinehour Press
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company

Categories

Description

By Joseph Blumenthal

[12], 153 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Lunenburg

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1982

Note

"..one of an edition of 300 copies. It is the first of the publications to mark the centennial of the Grolier Club. The book has been designed by Joseph Blumenthal, printed at The Stinehour Press ... with reproductions printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. This is copy number [in ms] 7 ..."--Colophon Signed by Joseph Blumenthal. Quarter bound in red cloth with patterned paper sides (bearing the emblem of the Grolier Club) over boards. Issued in matching slipcase. Inscription to John Dreyfus: "for John - at another fine visit in Cream Hollow - Joe Spiral November/'82"

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 118-2003
Primary reference Number: 95042
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half century 1925-1975" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95042 Accessed: 2024-11-12 20:35:04

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95042 |title=Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half century 1925-1975 |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-12 20:35:04|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-95042

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...