Research Catalog
Alphabetical
- Title
- Alphabetical / [design by E.K. Smith ; typography & letterpress by Dko Faust]
- Author
- Smith, Esther K.
- Publication
- NYC : Purgatory Pie Press, c1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KP (Purgatory) 95-692 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- [52] p. : ill.; 12 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Alp Purgatory hab Pie eti Press cal
- Alp hab eti cal
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
- Alphabet books – United States – 20th century.
- Wood types (Type evidence).
- Note
- Text/ill. consist of typographical/type flower ornamental compositions, each based on a successive letter of the alphabet.
- Except for p. [1] (t.p.), the text/ill. are printed on versos of leaves only; rectos blank except for 2 vertical gray rules. In 4 gatherings, stitched into slots in the binding.
- Binding: Publisher's limp blue suede, with covers extended to wrap around volume as a portfolio, secured with a knotted suede strip.
- Indexed In (note)
- Purgatory Pie Press cat., 1995
- Call Number
- *KP (Purgatory) 95-692
- OCLC
- 21112483
- NYPG84-B54993
- Author
- Smith, Esther K.
- Title
- Alphabetical / [design by E.K. Smith ; typography & letterpress by Dko Faust]
- Imprint
- NYC : Purgatory Pie Press, c1983.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Indexed In:
- Purgatory Pie Press cat., 1995, p. 10
- Local Note
- No. 45 of 100 copies printed in light gray on Monadnock Text paper from metal and wood types; signed by the designer and the typographer/printer.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Faust, Dikko. PrinterPurgatory Pie Press. Printer
- Research Call Number
- *KP (Purgatory) 95-692