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L.A. type : a concise history of Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc.

Title
L.A. type : a concise history of Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc. / compiled by Vance Gerry.
Author
Gerry, Vance.
Publication
Pasadena [Calif.] : Weather Bird Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Winter, Don.
  • Blau, Mariana
  • Weather Bird Press, printer, publisher.
Description
42 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color, 1 folded), color portrait; 25 cm
Alternative Title
Los Angeles type
Subjects
Genre/Form
Private press books – California – Pasadena – 2000.
Note
  • "From a University of California, Los Angeles Oral History Program interview with Don Winter."
  • "100 copies printed. Color printing by The Parker Press. Bound by Mariana Blau"--Colophon.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Vance Gerry."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in embossed grey boards with printed label on spine; issued with dust jacket.
Contents
Introduction -- Walter Gebhard (portrait) -- Part one -- Part two -- Catalog illustrations -- Linotype / intertype faces -- Ludlow faces -- Competitor's catalog illustrations -- Rule broadside (fold out) -- Part three -- Machines -- Matrices.
Call Number
Rare Books 20-1126
OCLC
44950809
Author
Gerry, Vance.
Title
L.A. type : a concise history of Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc. / compiled by Vance Gerry.
Imprint
Pasadena [Calif.] : Weather Bird Press, 2000.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Vance Gerry." NN
Binding
Bound in embossed grey boards with printed label on spine; issued with dust jacket. NN
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Added Author
Winter, Don.
Blau, Mariana, binder.
Weather Bird Press, printer, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books 20-1126
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