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Keepers of the house

Title
Keepers of the house / by George Mackay Brown ; illustrated by Gillian Martin.
Author
Brown, George Mackay.
Publication
London : Old Stile Press, 1986.

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TextRestricted use *KP+ (Old Stile) 08-379Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Martin, Gillian, 1959-
  • McDowall, Nicolas.
  • Old Stile Press. prt
  • Whittington Press. cmt
  • Smith Settle (Firm) bnd
Description
41, [3] p. : ill.; 30 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Baskerville.
Note
  • "The edition is of 225 copies, each signed by the author and the artist"--Colophon..
  • On front cover: Keepers of the house. On spine: A story by George Mackay Brown.
  • "Written in 1976 and ... here published for the first time"--Colophon.
  • "The printing ... was completed in March 1986 ... by Nicolas McDowall. The Baskerville type was set at the Whittington Press, Glos. The paper is an all-rag mould-made paper from St. Cuthbert's Mill. Smith Settle of Otley, West Yorkshire, bound all the copies using papers designed by Gillian Martin and printed at the Old Stile Press"--Colophon.
  • Ill. printed in monochrome or one color and black.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's brick-red cloth; front board covered in illustrated light tan paper. Issued in gray cloth slipcase (31 cm.) with illustrated light gray paper panels on front and back.
Call Number
*KP+ (Old Stile) 08-379
ISBN
  • 0907664083
  • 9780907664086
LCCN
87181390
OCLC
16935242
Author
Brown, George Mackay.
Title
Keepers of the house / by George Mackay Brown ; illustrated by Gillian Martin.
Imprint
London : Old Stile Press, 1986.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. 17; signed by the author and the artist.
Binding
Publisher's brick-red cloth; front board covered in illustrated light tan paper. Issued in gray cloth slipcase (31 cm.) with illustrated light gray paper panels on front and back.
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Added Author
Martin, Gillian, 1959- Illustrator
McDowall, Nicolas. Printer
Old Stile Press. Printer
Whittington Press. Compositor
Smith Settle (Firm) Binder
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Old Stile) 08-379
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