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The lady who liked clean rest rooms : the chronicle of one of the strangest stories ever to be rumoured about around New York

Title
The lady who liked clean rest rooms : the chronicle of one of the strangest stories ever to be rumoured about around New York / J.P. Donleavy.
Author
Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick), 1926-2017.
Publication
New York : Thornwillow Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Banfield, Elliott.
  • Pontifell, Luke Ives.
  • Thornwillow Press. prt
  • Cardinal Mill. ppm
Description
114 p., [8] leaves of plates : 8 ill.; 29 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bulmer (Monotype).
  • English fiction – Irish authors.
Note
  • "The edition is limited to 175 copies"--Colophon.
  • "Set in Monotype Bulmer, a typeface derived from the late eighteenth century font cut by William Martin for William Bulmer's printing shop [the Shakespeare Printing Office, London] ... printed letterpress on paper handcrafted especially for this edition at the Cardinal Mill [Prague]. The eight original illustrations are by Elliott Banfield ... Designed & produced under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell [prop. of Thornwillow Press and the Cardinal Mill]"--Colophon.
  • The ill. are reproductions of Banfield's drawings, printed in relief.
  • Binding: Publisher's half black morocco and handmade latticed paste paper boards; endpapers of paste paper decorated with Thornwillow Press printer's device. Issued in a velvet-lined black cloth drop-back solander box (31 cm.).
Call Number
*KP+ (Thornwillow) 05-80
LCCN
00537213
OCLC
NYPG05-B10302
Author
Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick), 1926-2017.
Title
The lady who liked clean rest rooms : the chronicle of one of the strangest stories ever to be rumoured about around New York / J.P. Donleavy.
Imprint
New York : Thornwillow Press, 1995.
Edition
1st ed.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. 72; signed by the author on t.p. and by the illustrator and designer in colophon.
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Added Author
Banfield, Elliott. Illustrator
Pontifell, Luke Ives. Book designer
Thornwillow Press. Printer
Cardinal Mill. Papermaker
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Thornwillow) 05-80
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