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Mrs. Bridge : a novel

Title
Mrs. Bridge : a novel / by Evan S. Connell ; introduction by Mark Oppenheimer ; photographs by Laurie Simmons.
Author
Connell, Evan S., 1924-2013
Publication
San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2009.
Supplementary Content
Publisher's description

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TextRestricted use *KP (Arion) 16-49Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Simmons, Laurie
  • Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974-
  • Hoyem, Andrew
  • Schaefer, Susan, 1957-
  • Arion Press, printer, publisher.
  • Hatcher Press, printer of plates.
  • Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
  • Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.
Description
ix, 272 pages, 68 unnumbered pages of plates : 68 illustrations (34 color); 28 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Psychological fiction.
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Binny (Monotype)
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Engraver's Bold.
Note
  • "The edition of the book is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution"--Colophon. "All [copies] signed by the author and the artist"--Prospectus.
  • "This fiftieth anniversary edition of Mrs. Bridge is the eighty-fifth publication of the Arion Press. It was designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Kenneth Howard, Brian Ferrett, David Johnston, Sarah Songer, Anna Haglin, Charles Martin, Diana Ketcham, and Laura Samuelson. The type is Binny, composed and cast in Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris. The chapter figures are Engraver's Bold. The paper is Mohawk Superfine. The printing of the text is by letterpress. The photographs were printed in offset lithography by Hatcher Press, coordinated by Susan Schaefer"--Colophon.
  • "The photographs by Laurie Simmons in this book evolved from samples she submitted for a toy company catalogue in the mid-1970s (she did not get the job) ... [They] were selected from her series of domestic subjects produced from 1976 through 1979. Some of the black and white photographs were published in In and around the house ... 2003; some of the color photographs were published in Laurie Simmons: photographs 1978-79 ... 2002; others are published here for the first time"--Title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Bibliography of the Arion Press
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's yellow cloth, with full-page reproductions of color photographs mounted on front and back covers.
Call Number
*KP (Arion) 16-49
LCCN
2012659610
OCLC
455600782
Author
Connell, Evan S., 1924-2013, author.
Title
Mrs. Bridge : a novel / by Evan S. Connell ; introduction by Mark Oppenheimer ; photographs by Laurie Simmons.
Publisher
San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2009.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Rare Books copy is no. 142; signed in pencil by Connell at end of text (page 272) and by Simmons beneath last illustration (on page facing colophon).
Indexed In:
Bibliography of the Arion Press, entry 85
Binding
Publisher's yellow cloth, with full-page reproductions of color photographs mounted on front and back covers.
Local Note
Rare Books copy: Accompanied by prospectus (7 unnumbered pages on 3 sheets (1 folded) : illustrations, portraits).
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Publisher's description
Place of Publication
United States California San Francisco.
Added Author
Simmons, Laurie, illustrator.
Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974- writer of introduction.
Hoyem, Andrew, book designer.
Schaefer, Susan, 1957- printer of plates.
Arion Press, printer, publisher.
Hatcher Press, printer of plates.
Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.
Research Call Number
*KP (Arion) 16-49
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