THE VANDERCOOK BOOK: A PORTFOLIO OF SPECIMENS FROM CONTEMPORARY MASTERS.
- New York: Roni Gross and Barbara Henry, 2009.
- Large 8vo.
- clamshell case, broadsides
Price: $1,700.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 101029
One of 100 sets. In celebration of its 100-year anniversary, this book is devoted to the Vandercook, one of the most used printing presses. The book is divided into three parts: 1. a bound collection of six essays on "The Joy of Vandercooking" by Barbara Henry, Henry Morris, Paul Moxon, Fritz Klinke, Michael Peich, and Perry Tymeson, bound in coptic style; 2. Thirty actual examples of printing using the Vandercook, ranging from monotype to wood-engravings with text a collaboration of poems, colors, and loose type specimens; 3. Five letterpress printing manuals for the use of students. All loosely inserted in clamshell box.