From Camelot to Bertham and points beyond : a bit of a birthday tribute to Frederic W. Goudy from a bit of a rhymster /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Maveric [i.e. Maverick] Press,
1938
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| Item Description: | Caption title Cover title: To Bertham and points beyond from Camelot (with list of Goudy's types) Probably distributed at the Typophiles "Devices Dinner", 8 March 1938 "Written, set by hand and printed by Earl H. Emmons as a keepsake for Frederic Goudy's seventy-third birthday. ... In this item colophon and typliography are in Kennerley, Goudy's most famous type; the verse is done in Bertham, his hundredth letter, with spots of Camelot, his first. The six point Kennerley on the cover was contributed by Commanday Brothers; Camelot from the American Type Founders ... Done in an edition of two hundred copies as item number thirty-four of the Maveric Press of New York, and distributed on March 8th, 1938"--Colophon. ("Maveric" is an orthographic pun on "Frederic" also used in other tributes to Goudy printed by the Maverick Press.) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ([4] pages) ; 27 x 26 cm, folded to 27 x 13 cm |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York (State) -- New York |