Research Catalog

Title

More printing for theater : a portfolio of ephemera / commentary by Joyce Lancaster and Adrian Wilson.

Publication

• San Francisco : James Linden, 1987.
• San Francisco : Press in Tuscany Alley
• ©1987

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Adrian
• Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, -1996
• Haramaki, Nuiko
• Linden, James
• Sardar, Zahid
• Wehlage, James
• Wilson, Adrian
• Rötzscher, Klaus-Ullrich S.
• Press in Tuscany Alley, printer
• Printing for Theater, compositor
• Mackenzie-Harris Corporation, compositor

Description

1 portfolio : illustrations (some color); 45 cm

Subject

• Interplayers (Group : San Francisco, Calif.)
• Theater > California > San Francisco
• Theater
• Leaf books
• California > San Francisco

Genre/Form

• Leaf books.
• printed ephemera.
• Theater programs.
• Ephemera.
• Type evidence.
• Monotypes (Type)
• Book prospectuses.
• Private press books – California – San Francisco.

Note

• The portfolio contains 12 bifolia, paged [1]-45.
• The commentary (pages 7-23) contains a history of The Interplayers, a San Francisco theatrical group, its performances, and especially the printing done by Adrian Wilson for those performances; it is chiefly written in the first person singular (Adrian Wilson).
• The ephemera consist of samples of Adrian Wilson's playbills, programs, etc., and also sample pages from his earlier publication about The Interplayers, "Printing for the theater" (1957). The bifolia paged 29-45 are used merely as wrappers to hold the groups of ephemera.
• No two copies contain the same selection of ephemera. On pages 24-27 is a list of all ephemera included in any copy, with the list checkmarked to indicate the specific ephemera included in the copy in hand.
• "This portfolio was designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco, California, with the assistance of James Wehlage and Zahid Sardar. The paper is Arches Cover. The text and display types were composed by Mackenzie-Harris Corporation in monotype Centaur and Arrighi. The portfolios were executed by Klaus-Ulrich Rötzscher. The binding cloth was printed with blocks from Printing for Theater, cut by Nuiko Haramaki. This edition is limited to sixty-seven copies, of which sixty are for sale."-- colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed: in black ink, on colophon.

Binding (note)

• Bifolia laid in portfolio of natural linen over boards; portfolio cover block printed in brick; title pasted on spine.

Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-572

LCCN

87214124

OCLC

18683320

Title

More printing for theater : a portfolio of ephemera / commentary by Joyce Lancaster and Adrian Wilson.

Publisher

San Francisco : James Linden, 1987.

Manufacturer

San Francisco : Press in Tuscany Alley

Copyright Date

©1987

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Provenance

Inscribed: in black ink, on colophon. NN

Binding

Bifolia laid in portfolio of natural linen over boards; portfolio cover block printed in brick; title pasted on spine. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-572 is no. 57 of 67 copies.

Added Author

Wilson, Adrian. Printing for the theater.

Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, -1996, contributor.

Haramaki, Nuiko, illustrator.

Linden, James, publisher.

Sardar, Zahid, book designer.

Wehlage, James, book designer.

Wilson, Adrian, printer, book designer.

Rötzscher, Klaus-Ullrich S., binder.

Press in Tuscany Alley, printer.

Printing for Theater, compositor.

Mackenzie-Harris Corporation, compositor.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-572