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Metropolis

Title
Metropolis / prints by John Ross ; text by selected authors.
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Publication
[East Hampton, N.Y.] : High Tide Press, ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • LeFebvre, Kent
  • Ross, Tim
  • DiMarcantonio, Jim
  • Hope Bindery & Box Company, manufacture place.
  • High Tide Press, publisher.
Description
23 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 36 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Artists' books – New York (State) – East Hampton – 1995.
Note
  • Edition of 15 copies.
  • An accordion fold book pre-printed with an urban design in black/red binders cloth with spine title label. Bound with a brown cloth slipcase bearing a colored resin casting inset in the front. The binding and slipcase are made by James DiMarcantonio.
  • Colophon: "This vision of the city was printed from collagraph plates made by John Ross. The images were produced on an etching press with the help of Tim Ross in the print workshop of the High Tide Press in East Hampton, New York. The paper used is Stonehenge white. Most of text type is News Gothic, set on the Linotype and Ludlow by Kent LeFebvre of Signs Plus in Holyoke, Mass. Much of the display type is set from wooden fonts by John Ross and all type is printed on a Vandercook 219 proof press at the High Tide workshop. The binding and slip case are made by James DiMarcantonio of the Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island. Design and illustrations © by John Ross, 1995. This is number ... of an edition of 15 copies."
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross."
Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-595
LCCN
2002554288
OCLC
50730931
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Title
Metropolis / prints by John Ross ; text by selected authors.
Imprint
[East Hampton, N.Y.] : High Tide Press, ©1995.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross." NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+ 20-595 is no. 14 of 15 copies.
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Added Author
LeFebvre, Kent, compositor.
Ross, Tim, printer.
DiMarcantonio, Jim, binder.
Hope Bindery & Box Company, manufacture place.
High Tide Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-595
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