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A tribute to W.A. Dwiggins on the hundredth anniversary of his birth.

Title
A tribute to W.A. Dwiggins on the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Publication
New York : Privately printed for friends of Hermann Püterschein at the Inkwell Press, 1980, c1983.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Torre) 08-363Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
  • Torre, Vincent.
  • Inkwell Press. prt
  • Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. prt
Description
153 p. : ill., facsims., port.; 25 cm.
Alternative Title
Tribute to William Addison Dwiggins, 1880-1956
Subject
  • Dwiggins, W. A. 1880-1956
  • Type designers > United States
  • Book designers > United States
  • Type and type-founding > United States
  • Book design > United States
  • Book ornamentation > United States
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Electra (Linotype)
Note
  • Half title: A tribute to William Addison Dwiggins, 1880-1956.
  • "Five hundred copies ... have been printed and bound by the Haddon Craftsmen, Scranton, Pennsylvania"--Colophon.
  • "The paper is Perkins & Squier Offset ... the text is set in Linotype Electra by Fuller Typesetting of Lancaster, Pennsylvania ... Display type was set by Maryland Linotype Composition Company, Inc., Baltimore, Md. ... Bound in buckram made by Joanna-Western Mills Co. ... The binding cloth was printed by Lynn Art Offset Corp., New York ... Design and production, VIncent Torre"--Colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's illustrated light gray cloth.
Contents
Color for bookbindings : a letter to Alfred A. Knopf circa 1940 / W.A. Dwiggins -- Dwiggins's experimental Winchester Uncial / Dorothy Abbe -- WAD: 1880-1980 : a speech delivered at the Boston Public Library / Warren Chappell -- WAD: a recollection : of bouquets, borzois and paraphs / Charles E. Skaggs -- WAD: a remembrance / Meyer Miller -- Dwiggins and the Plimpton Press / Harry F. Howard -- William Addison Dwiggins / John O.C. McCrillis -- Dwiggins and the machines / Dwight Agner -- W.A. Dwiggins / Robert D. Scudellari -- WAD as lettering artist : pattern and motion / Paul Shaw -- The ghost of WAD / Mary M. Ahern -- Dwiggins's pen / Vincent Torre -- WAD [facsims. and reproductions of designs by Dwiggins] (p. [57]-153).
Call Number
*KP (Torre) 08-363
LCCN
83179196
OCLC
10122335
Title
A tribute to W.A. Dwiggins on the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Imprint
New York : Privately printed for friends of Hermann Püterschein at the Inkwell Press, 1980, c1983.
Local Note
NYPL copy is signed by VIncent Torre.
Binding
Publisher's illustrated light gray cloth.
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Added Author
Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
Torre, Vincent. Book designer
Inkwell Press. Printer
Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. Printer
Research Call Number
*KP (Torre) 08-363
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