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The human hand is dominant.

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Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Rare Books+ 19-365	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KVB 1993 98-280	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Press in Tuscany Alley, publisher

Description

1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill.; 34 x 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Discipline imposed by letterpress promotes a certain directness and respect for the materials

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Title from caption.
330 copies designed by James Wehlage, Joyce Lancaster Wilson, and James Linden and printed in red and black by James Wehlage at The Press in Tuscany Alley from Janson, Libra, and Centaur types. One of 300 copies on cream Rives Heavyweight paper.
Printed in red and black on cream paper with deckled lower edge.
First line: "The discipline imposed by letterpress promotes a certain directness and respect for the materials." At end of text: "Adrian Wilson 1923-1988."
Colophon on verso: This broadside was designed by James Wehlage, Joyce Lancaster Wilson, and James Linden. It was printed by James Wehlage at The Press in Tuscany Alley, February, 1993, to observe the fifth anniversary of the death of Adrian Wilson. The text is selected from his "Printing for Theater" (San Francisco, 1957). The types are Janson, Libra, and Centaur. Three hundred copies have been printed on Rives Heavyweight, a 100% rag, acid-free stock.Thirty special copies are printed on W.S.H. & Co. British Hand Made paper.
Text on recto, colophon on verso.
"To observe the fifth anniversary of the death of Adrian Wilson"--colophon. Text excerpted from Wilson's Printing for Theatre (San Francisco, 1957).
At center of title cut of hand with fingers labeled Design, Paper, Ink, Type, Press and sleeve labeled Craftsmanship in the medium.

Call Number

*KVB 1993 98-280

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Author

Wilson, Adrian.

Title

The human hand is dominant.

Imprint

[San Francisco] : The Press in Tuscany Alley, 1993.

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Press in Tuscany Alley, publisher.

Wilson, Adrian. Printing for theater.

Research Call Number

*KVB 1993 98-280

Rare Books+ 19-365