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Zebra noise : with a flatted seventh

Title
Zebra noise : with a flatted seventh / Richard Wagener.
Author
Wagener, Richard.
Publication
Berkeley : Peter Koch, Printer, 1998.
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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 11-177Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Koch, Peter Rutledge
  • Gotthold, Peggy
  • Peter Koch, Printer, publisher.
  • Golgonooza Letter Foundry, compositor.
Description
[111] p. : ill.; 39 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
  • Alphabet books – United States – 20th century.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Ehrhardt.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Goudy Old Style.
Note
  • "The edition is limited to seventy numbered copies, signed by the artist"--Colophon.
  • "Written and engraved by Richard Wagener. Twenty-six ... short fictions ... are obliquely related to his biological alphabet of twenty-six accompanying wood engravings ... There are an additional twelve engravings used as backdrops for the initial letters used to signal each suite"--Prospectus. The "backdrop" wood engravings are printed in russet, with the letters in black; the "biological alphabet" is printed in black and white.
  • "Designed and printed on Zerkall paper by Peter Koch & Richard Wagener. The text was composed in Ehrhardt type by the Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The book was bound by Peggy Gotthold"--Colophon.
  • "The initial letters are Goudy Old Style. The book is printed on a special making of smooth finish paper from the Zerkall Mill. The binding is quarter leather with Fabriano Roma hand-made paper sides, housed in a chemise and slip-case, all made by Peggy Gotthold at the Foolscap Press in Santa Cruz"--Prospectus.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's quarter russet leather and gray Roma hand-made paper boards; in gray paper-covered chemise and dark red cloth slipcase with gray paper spine label.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 11-177
LCCN
2009389300
OCLC
310718860
Author
Wagener, Richard.
Title
Zebra noise : with a flatted seventh / Richard Wagener.
Imprint
Berkeley : Peter Koch, Printer, 1998.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 6/70; signed in pencil by Wagener.
Binding
Publisher's quarter russet leather and gray Roma hand-made paper boards; in gray paper-covered chemise and dark red cloth slipcase with gray paper spine label.
Local Note
Accompanied by prospectus ([7] p.).
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Place of Publication
United States California Berkeley.
Added Author
Koch, Peter Rutledge, printer.
Gotthold, Peggy, binder.
Peter Koch, Printer, publisher.
Golgonooza Letter Foundry, compositor.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 11-177
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