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The sundial

Title: The sundial / by Shirley Jackson ; introduction by Diane Johnson ; illustrations by Miles Hyman.
Author: Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965
Publication: San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2011.
Supplementary Content: Publisher's description

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Description

xii, 223 pages, 28 unnumbered leaves of plates : 14 color illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

The late Lionel Halloran's wife Maryjane maintains that his stepmother Orianna--who stands to inherit the family home--murdered him by pushing him down the stairs. Orianna immediately takes control of the house and its occupants. But household members begin to have visions about the end of the world, which come to pass, at least for Orianna, when her dead body is discovered on the landing.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Louise and Leonard Riggio.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Apocalyptic fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Fridericus (Monotype)
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Winchell.
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Stylescript.

Note

"The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Each copy is signed by the artist"--Colophon.
Originally published in 1958.
"Designed and produced at the Arion Press in San Francisco by Andrew Hoyem, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Brian Ferrett, David Johnston, Leif Erlandsson, Sarah Songer, Anna Haglin, Rochelle Youk, Rachel Hooper, Lyssa Black, and Diana Ketcham. The type is Fridericus for the text, composed and cast in Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris, and handset Winchell and Stylescript, printed by letterpress on Zerkall Book. The illustrations were printed by offset lithography on McCoy Silk Book, under the direction of Susan Schaefer ... This book is the ninety-first puplication of the Arion Press."--Colophon.
Contains 14 double-page color illustrations, each on the inside pages of a bifolium bound in the middle of a gathering. Explanatory letterpress on first recto; last verso is blank.

Indexed In (note)

Bibliography of the Arion Press

Binding (note)

Publisher's orange cloth, with additional double-page illustration by Hyman as lining papers; paper spine label; paper label in recess on front cover with small illustration.

Call Number

*KP (Arion) 16-52

OCLC

741147667

Author

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965, author.

Title

The sundial / by Shirley Jackson ; introduction by Diane Johnson ; illustrations by Miles Hyman.

Publisher

San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2011.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Rare Books copy is no. 196; signed by Miles Hyman.

Indexed In:

Bibliography of the Arion Press, entry 91

Binding

Publisher's orange cloth, with additional double-page illustration by Hyman as lining papers; paper spine label; paper label in recess on front cover with small illustration.

Local Note

Rare Books copy accompanied by prospectus (8 unnumbered pages on 2 folded sheets : 1 double-page color illustration).

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Publisher's description

Place of Publication

United States California San Francisco.

Added Author

Johnson, Diane, 1934- writer of introduction.

Hyman, Miles, illustrator.

Hoyem, Andrew, book designer.

Schaefer, Susan, 1957- printer of plates.

Arion Press, printer, publisher.

Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.

Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.

Sappi Fine Paper North America, papermaker.

Research Call Number

*KP (Arion) 16-52

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