Research Catalog

Title

Specimen book of wood type : from the collection of the Silver Buckle Press / introduction by Rob Roy Kelly ; foreword by Stephen O. Saxe.

Publication

• Madison, WI : Silver Buckle Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison 236 Memorial Library 728 State Street, [1999]
• ©1999

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kelly, Rob Roy, 1925-2004
• Saxe, Stephen O.
• Davis, Rachel D.
• Silver Buckle Press, publisher, printer.
• Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.

Description

6 unnumbered pages, 61 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 26 cm +

Alternative Title

• Wood type
• SBP

Subject

• Wood types (Printing)
• Printing > Specimens
• Type and type-founding

Genre/Form

Artists' books – Wisconsin – Madison – 1999.

Note

• Publication information on cover page verso.
• "Printed in an edition of 200 at Silver Buckle Press. Endsheets and book cloth were printed using wood type ornaments. The cover label is Gothic Tuscan and the spine label and other titling were set in Parsons. Text was set in Joanna by Michael and Winifred Bixler and hand printed onto Mohawk Superfine paper. Designed and printed by Rachel D. Davis under the direction of Tracy Lea Honn with assistance from Amy Newell, Ashley Towne and Sara Weigel. Binding by Campbell-Logan Bindery. 'Specimen Book of Wood Type' was printed to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Silver Buckle Press at the UW-Madison campus. -- Colophon.
• Folded broadside in pocket affixed to inside back board.
• Includes index.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed in ink, on page 9, "Rob Roy Kelly"; "in ink, on page 13, "Rachel Davis."

Binding (note)

• Bound in decorative green cloth boards with printed labels laid on upper board and spine.

Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Preface -- Roman -- Antique -- Clarendon -- Gothic -- Tuscan -- Script.

Call Number

Rare Books 21-1

ISBN

• 189331104X
• 9781893311046

OCLC

41949289

Title

Specimen book of wood type : from the collection of the Silver Buckle Press / introduction by Rob Roy Kelly ; foreword by Stephen O. Saxe.

Publisher

Madison, WI : Silver Buckle Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison 236 Memorial Library 728 State Street, [1999]

Copyright Date

©1999

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed in ink, on page 9, "Rob Roy Kelly"; "in ink, on page 13, "Rachel Davis." NN

Binding

Bound in decorative green cloth boards with printed labels laid on upper board and spine. NN

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Added Author

Kelly, Rob Roy, 1925-2004, writer of introduction.

Saxe, Stephen O., writer of foreword.

Davis, Rachel D., book designer, printer.

Silver Buckle Press, publisher, printer.

Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.

Added Title Page Title

Wood type

Cover Title

SBP

Research Call Number

Rare Books 21-1