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The pit and the pendulum

Title
The pit and the pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe ; with wood engravings by John DePol.
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Publication
[New York] : South Street Seaport Museum, 1991

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TextRestricted use *KP (Bowne) 05-219Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • DePol, John, 1913-2004.
  • Henry, Barbara.
  • Dodington, Lissa.
  • Boltin, Julia.
  • South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)
  • Bowne & Co., Stationers (New York, N.Y. : 1975- ) prt
  • Campbell-Logan Bindery. bnd
Description
[5], 22, [3] p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Scotch.
Note
  • "One hundred and fifty copies were designed and printed at Bowne & Co., Stationers by Barbara Henry and Lissa Dodington, with assistance from Julia Boltin"--Colophon. Signed by John DePol beneath colophon.
  • "The text was set by hand from twelve point Scotch Roman and Italic types ... specially cast by Kingsley/ATF Type Corporation from discontinued matrices created by the foundry of A.D. Farmer & Sons in 1903. John DePol's wood engravings were printed from the blocks. Mr. DePol also designed the patterned papers. The rat paragraph markers were drawn by Barbara Henry. The matrix was engraved by Henry Sherr of Sherr Engravers, Inc. and cast by Pat Taylor at Out of Sorts Letter Foundery. The book was printed on dampened Arches Text on a Vandercook Universal I and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery"--Colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Binding: Publisher's black cloth with red paper label on spine and front board. Patterned endpapers.
Call Number
*KP (Bowne) 05-219
LCCN
94234884
OCLC
24518311
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Title
The pit and the pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe ; with wood engravings by John DePol.
Imprint
[New York] : South Street Seaport Museum, 1991 ([New York] : Bowne & Co.)
Binding
Binding: Publisher's black cloth with red paper label on spine and front board. Patterned endpapers.
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Added Author
DePol, John, 1913-2004. Illustrator
Henry, Barbara. Printer
Dodington, Lissa. Printer
Boltin, Julia. Printer
South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Bowne & Co., Stationers (New York, N.Y. : 1975- ) Printer
Campbell-Logan Bindery. Binder
Research Call Number
*KP (Bowne) 05-219
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