The moonstone: PB 224-2003

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Titles

The moonstone

Maker(s)

Author: Collins, W. Wilkie
Contributor: Starrett, Vincent
Illustrator: Dignimont, Andre
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Elm Tree Press
Printer: Photogravure and Color Company

Categories

Book

Description

By Wilkie Collins, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett ; illustrated by Dignimont.

Place(s) associated

New York
Cambridge (Cambs.)
Woodstock (VT)
Vermont ⪼ USA

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1959

Note

Fifteen hundred copies of this edition ... have been made ... from a typographical plan by John Dreyfus. The printing of the text has been done by The Elm Tree Press in Woodstock, Vermont, and the illustrations have been reproduced by the Photogravure & Color Company before being colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer in New York..."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. "J.D.", signed by the illustrator. Bound in dark blue linen gold-stamped with decoration by John Dreyfus. Issued in slipcase

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 224-2003
Primary reference Number: 95647
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 30 May 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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