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Epistles to the Torontonians : with articles from Canadian printer & publisher

Title: Epistles to the Torontonians : with articles from Canadian printer & publisher / Carl Dair ; with an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald.
Author: Dair, Carl
Publication: Toronto : Coach House Press with Sheridan College ; New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2015.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFF 16-644	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	*UGD-3642	Offsite

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Description

127 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), portraits; 30 cm +

Summary

A series of letters written by Dair to his friends in Toronto 1956-1957 while apprenticing under P.H. Rädisch at his Enschede type foundry in the Netherlands. The letters are followed by articles Dair wrote during this time for the Canadian printer & publisher.

Uniform Title

Canadian printer & publisher.

Alternative Title

Carl Dair at Enschede: the last days of metal type
Gravers & files.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Facsimiles.
History.
Manuscripts.
Records and correspondence.
DVDs.

Note

Accompanied by DVD introduced by Rod McDonald and narrated by Matthew Carter titled: Carl Dair at Enschede: the last days of metal type, including a silent film titled Gravers & files produced by Dair in 1957.
"Book designed by Stan Bevington. Typeset in Cartier Book with Gibson. Printed on Rolland Natural Paper in an edition of 500 copies, September 2015, by Coach House Press."--Title page verso.

Call Number

JFF 16-644

ISBN

9781552453353 (Coach House Press)
1552453359 (Coach House Press)
9781584563396 (Oak Knoll Press)
1584563397 (Oak Knoll Press)

OCLC

930633562

Author

Dair, Carl, author.

Title

Epistles to the Torontonians : with articles from Canadian printer & publisher / Carl Dair ; with an introduction by William Ross and notes by Rod McDonald.

Publisher

Toronto : Coach House Press with Sheridan College ; New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

spoken word

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

unmediated

video

Type of Carrier

volume

videodisc

Physical Medium

plastic rda

Digital File Characteristics

audio file DVD video

Added Author

McDonald, Rod, 1946- editor.

Carter, Matthew, narrator.

Bevington, Stan, book designer.

Coach House Press, printer.

Added Title

Canadian printer & publisher.

Carl Dair at Enschede: the last days of metal type

Gravers & files.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-644 [Text]

*UGD-3642 [DVD]

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