Caxton : an American contribution to the quincentenary celebration: PB 333-2003

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Caxton : an American contribution to the quincentenary celebration

Maker(s)

Editor: Thompson, Susan Otis
Publisher: Typophiles
Printer: Stinehour Press
Paper maker: Curtis Paper Company
Binder (person): Sendor Bindory

Description

Edited by Susan Otis Thompson

Series: Typophile chap books ; 52

Contents: Blumenthal, J. Introduction. - Dunlap, J. R. From Westminster to Hammersmith via Chiswick. - Lawton, J. Caxton's authograph? - Griffith, R. R. The early years of William Caxton.

Xvi, 54, [1] p. illus., facsims, map. 19 cm.

Place(s) associated

New York

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1976

Note

"Typophile Chap Book 52, designed and printed letterpress at The Stinehour Press, was set in Monotype Bembo with Romulus and Arrighi as display types. The paper is acid-free Curtis Rag Antique, a newly developed sheet made and supplied by the Curtis Paper Company, here used for the first time. The halftome photography was provided by The Meriden Gravure Company. The book was bound in Columbia Mills linen by The Sendor Bindory. From the edition of 1250 copies 250 have been given to members of the Caxton International Congress ... 500 are reserved to the Curtis Paper Company, and 500 are available for Typophiles and their friends."--Colophon. Inscription following colophon: "This copy for John Dreyfus from The Typophiles September 1976." Bound in green linen embossed with the Caxton printer's mark. With dust-jacket.