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The private typecasters : preserving the craft of hot-metal type into the twenty-first century

Title
The private typecasters : preserving the craft of hot-metal type into the twenty-first century / Richard L. Hopkins, general editor ; with woodcuts by Christopher Manson.
Publication
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Hopkins, Richard L. (Richard Lee), 1939-
  • Manson, Christopher.
  • Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
  • Bixler, Michael.
  • Bixler, Winifred.
  • Bird & Bull Press. prt
  • Campbell-Logan Bindery. bnd
Description
194 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports.; 31 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Dante.
Note
  • "150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in June, 2008. The text was composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery."--Colophon.
  • Contributors: Michael R. Anderson, Michael Bixler, Dan Carr & Julia Ferrari, Phillip Driscoll, Richard L. Hopkins, Dan S. Jones, Scott King, Raymond Stanley Nelson, Jr., Chris Paul, Edward Rayher, Jim Rimmer, Schuyler (Sky) Shipley, Jim & Franziska Walczak, Gregory Jackson Walters.
  • Letterpress printed by Henry Morris.
  • Some type specimens on folded leaves.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's quarter black morocco and silver Japanese cloth, by the Campbell-Logan Bindery; letter"A" in gilt on front cover; red morocco spine label. Issued in matching clamshell box (34 cm.).
Call Number
*KP+ (Bird) 09-177
OCLC
271097757
Title
The private typecasters : preserving the craft of hot-metal type into the twenty-first century / Richard L. Hopkins, general editor ; with woodcuts by Christopher Manson.
Imprint
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2008.
Local Note
Prospectus ([2] p.) laid in.
Binding
Publisher's quarter black morocco and silver Japanese cloth, by the Campbell-Logan Bindery; letter"A" in gilt on front cover; red morocco spine label. Issued in matching clamshell box (34 cm.).
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Newtown.
Added Author
Hopkins, Richard L. (Richard Lee), 1939-
Manson, Christopher. Illustrator
Morris, Henry, 1925-2019. Printer
Bixler, Michael. Compositor
Bixler, Winifred. Compositor
Bird & Bull Press. Printer
Campbell-Logan Bindery. Binder
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Bird) 09-177
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