The noblest roman : a history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
The Book Club of California,
MMXVI [2016]
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| Series: | Publication (Book Club of California) ;
no. 236. |
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| Item Description: | Foreword by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel. "Three hundred signed and numbered copies of this book have been printed for the Book Club of California. It is set in three digital versions of Bruce Rogers's Centaur type: the text in a recent revival of the original foundry Centaur, rendered by Jerry Kelly, and a new caption Centaur by Toshi Omagari, used in this book for the first time, with monotype Centaur used for display. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly, New York City"--Colophon. Title page and some pages of text printed in red and black. Issued in slipcase. "Centaur at the Grabhorn Press": 16 unnumbered pages between pages 94 and 95. Includes single sheet of text from Joseph Blumenthal's biography of Bruce Rogers, which was designed and printed by Jerry Kelly for the Book Club of California and issued as a supplement to the book, in an edition of 325 copies. Purchased for the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 120 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portrait ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | "Books printed in the original foundry Centaur type": page 102. Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-113) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780981959795 0981959792 |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography & Book Arts copy is no.227, is signed by the author(s?), and contains the Blumenthal sheet and a spine label for the slipcase, as well as 5 other pieces of marketing ephemera. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography & Book Arts copy forms part of the Bibliography and Book Arts Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |