Research Catalog

Title

The grave of lost stories / William T. Vollmann.

Author

Vollmann, William T.

Publication

[San Francisco] : CoTangent, [1994]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pax, Ben.
• Johnston, Alastair, 1950-
• CoTangent.
• Poltroon Press. prt

Description

30 p. [1] leaf of plates : col. ill.; 26 cm.

Genre/Form

• Limitation statements (Publishing)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Electra.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Cochin.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Caslon.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Marbleheart.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Rimmed Litho.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Astoria.

Note

• "This tale was first published in the author's Thirteen stories and thirteen epitaphs (London: André Deutsch Ltd., 1991) ... This version contains minor textual corrections and revisions."--Colophon.
• Contains excerpts by and references to Edgar Allan Poe.
• "Of its 200 copies, 13 (not including 2 artist's proofs) were colored by the author and bound in marble cases designed by Ben Pax. ... The text is set by Alastair Johnston in Electra and Cochin, with display in Caslon, Marbleheart, Rimmed Litho, and Astoria, and printed at Poltroon Press..."--Colophon.

Source (note)

• Manson, Sutcliffe & Treacle,

Binding (note)

• Sewn textblock over tapes with handmade paper shelfback; housed in printed paper wrapper.

Call Number

Berg Coll+ Poe ZA2 V65 1994

Author

Vollmann, William T.

Title

The grave of lost stories / William T. Vollmann.

Imprint

[San Francisco] : CoTangent, [1994]

Binding

Sewn textblock over tapes with handmade paper shelfback; housed in printed paper wrapper.

Local Note

Berg Coll. copy is no. 37; signed by Vollmann and Pax.

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Added Author

Pax, Ben.

Johnston, Alastair, 1950- Compositor

CoTangent.

Poltroon Press. Printer

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll+ Poe ZA2 V65 1994