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The moonstone

Title
The moonstone / by Wilkie Collins ; illustrations by Stan Washburn.
Author
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
Publication
San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2012.
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Additional Authors
  • Washburn, Stan
  • Hoyem, Andrew
  • Arion Press, printer, publisher.
  • Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.
  • Swarovski (Firm)
Description
458 pages : 34 illustrations; 25 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Louise and Leonard Riggio.
Subject
  • Young women > England > Fiction
  • Diamonds > India > Fiction
  • Jewelry theft > Fiction
  • Upper class > England > Fiction
  • East Indians > England > Fiction
  • Police > England > Fiction
  • Diamonds
  • East Indians
  • Jewelry theft
  • Police
  • Upper class
  • Young women
  • England
  • India
Genre/Form
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Inland Caslon (Monotype)
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Caslon Bold Condensed.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Mediaeval.
  • Fiction.
Note
  • "Edition of 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution"--Colophon.
  • "First published in 1868. Text from the revised edition of 1871"--Title page verso.
  • "This book was designed and produced ... by Andrew Hoyem, with the assistance of Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Brian Ferrett, David Johnston, Christopher Godek, Mark Sarigianis, Leif Erlandsson, Sarah Songer, Rochelle Youk, Diana Ketcham, and Lyssa Black. The types are Inland Caslon, composed and cast in Monotype, and Caslon Bold Condensed and Mediaeval, handset. The illustrations were printed from photopolymer plates. The paper is Mohawk Letterpress. Presswork was done on a Miller TW, two-color cylinder press. This is the ninety-fifth publication of the Arion Press"--Colophon.
  • "The illustrations by Stan Washburn are scratchboard drawings ... He made nineteen head-and-shoulder portraits of characters; a portrait of the author; [and] fourteen landscapes, scenes with multiple characters, furniture, key buildings, and an idol"--Bibliography of the Arion Press.
Indexed In (note)
  • Bibliography of the Arion Press
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in yellow. Issued in a dark blue cloth and pale yellow paper-covered slipcase; a single diamond-cut Swarovski crystal is mounted on the spine.
Call Number
*KP (Arion) 16-53
OCLC
813144007
Author
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, author.
Title
The moonstone / by Wilkie Collins ; illustrations by Stan Washburn.
Publisher
San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2012.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Rare Books copy is no. 201; signed in pencil by Stan Washburn.
Indexed In:
Bibliography of the Arion Press, entry 95
Binding
Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in yellow. Issued in a dark blue cloth and pale yellow paper-covered slipcase; a single diamond-cut Swarovski crystal is mounted on the spine.
Local Note
Rare Books copy accompanied by prospectus (7 unnumbered pages on 2 folded sheets : illustrations).
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Publisher's description
Place of Publication
United States California San Francisco.
Added Author
Washburn, Stan, illustrator.
Hoyem, Andrew, book designer.
Arion Press, printer, publisher.
Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.
Swarovski (Firm)
Research Call Number
*KP (Arion) 16-53
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