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Title

The voices of Marrakesh : a record of a visit / Elias Canetti ; translated from the German by J.A. Underwood ; photographs by Karl Bissinger ; etchings by William T. Wiley ; afterword by Ferdinand Protzman.

Author

Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994.

Publication

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Underwood, J. A. (James Amery)
• Protzman, Ferdinand.
• Bissinger, Karl.
• Wiley, William T., 1937-2021.
• Hoyem, Andrew.
• Reddan, Gerald.
• Erlandsson, Leif.
• Young, Rachel.
• Higbee, Timothy.
• Cecil-Wishing, Devin.
• Martin, Charles.
• Case, Katherine.
• Stoelzl, Peter.
• Mitchell, Lewis.
• Berry, Timothy, printer.
• Townsend, Robert E.
• Arion Press. prt
• Phelps-Schaefer Lithographics, printer of plates.
• Teaberry Press, printer of plates.
• R.E. Townsend (Firm), printer of plates.

Description

123 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subject

• Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994 > Travel > Morocco > Marrakech
• Marrakech (Morocco) > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Goudy Old Style.

Note

• "The edition is limited to 350 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies hors de commerce, signed by both of the artists"--Colophon.
• Translation of: Die Stimmen von Marrakesch.
• "The sixty-first publication of the Arion Press ... designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem with Gerald Reddan, Leif Erlandsson, Rachel Young, Timothy Higbee, Devin Cecil-Wishing, Charles Martin, Katherine Case, Peter Stoelzl, and Lewis Mitchell. The type is Goudy Old Style, in Monotype and hand composition, with swash letters in the italic used for display. The paper is Mohawk Superfine for the text and photographs, Rives Lightweight for the etchings, and Fabriano Ingres for the leaves mounted with the prints. The photographs were printed in duo-tone and four-color offset lithography by Phelps/Schaefer Lithographics Company, Brisbane, California. The intaglio plates were etched and proofed by Timothy Berry of Teaberry Press in San Francisco, California. The intaglio printing was done by Robert Townsend of R.E. Townsend, Inc., Georgetown, Massachusetts"--Colophon
• The 6 full-page etchings, printed in black and red, are mounted on sheets of brick red Fabriano Ingres. They are fragments of a large etching that was issued with 50 special copies of the book.

Binding (note)

• Binding: Publisher's quarter dark brown cloth and illustrated brick red paper boards; brick red paper spine label. The ill. on the covers is a reproduction of a drawing of Canetti by William T. Wiley, superimposed on a map of Marrakech. Issued in brick red paper slipcase with envelope-style closure; etching fragments mounted on front cover and as spine label on which the title is printed.

Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-144

OCLC

47810395

Author

Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994.

Title

The voices of Marrakesh : a record of a visit / Elias Canetti ; translated from the German by J.A. Underwood ; photographs by Karl Bissinger ; etchings by William T. Wiley ; afterword by Ferdinand Protzman.

Imprint

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2001.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 119; signed in pencil by Bissinger beneath ill., p. [116]; signed in pencil by Wiley on leaf of plates facing p. 102.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's quarter dark brown cloth and illustrated brick red paper boards; brick red paper spine label. The ill. on the covers is a reproduction of a drawing of Canetti by William T. Wiley, superimposed on a map of Marrakech. Issued in brick red paper slipcase with envelope-style closure; etching fragments mounted on front cover and as spine label on which the title is printed.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([8] p., with 4 sample pages from the book and a reduced reproduction of the large etching, in envelope).

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Added Author

Underwood, J. A. (James Amery)

Protzman, Ferdinand.

Bissinger, Karl. Illustrator

Wiley, William T., 1937-2021. Illustrator

Hoyem, Andrew. Book designer

Reddan, Gerald. Printer

Erlandsson, Leif. Printer

Young, Rachel. Printer

Higbee, Timothy. Printer

Cecil-Wishing, Devin. Printer

Martin, Charles. Printer

Case, Katherine. Printer

Stoelzl, Peter. Printer

Mitchell, Lewis. Printer

Berry, Timothy, printer. etr, printer of plates.

Townsend, Robert E., printer of plates.

Arion Press. Printer

Phelps-Schaefer Lithographics, printer of plates.

Teaberry Press, printer of plates.

R.E. Townsend (Firm), printer of plates.

Research Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-144