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The art of the book in California : five contemporary presses / Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University ; curated by Peter Rutledge Koch, Roberto G. Trujillo, and Alison Roth ; essays by Robert Bringhurst and Peter Koch.

Title
The art of the book in California : five contemporary presses / Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University ; curated by Peter Rutledge Koch, Roberto G. Trujillo, and Alison Roth ; essays by Robert Bringhurst and Peter Koch.
Publication
[Stanford, California] : Stanford University Libraries, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Koch, Peter Rutledge.
  • Bringhurst, Robert
  • Trujillo, Roberto G., 1951-
  • Roth, Alison.
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
  • Stanford University. Libraries.
Description
125, [1] pages : illustrations (some color); 21 x 23 cm
Summary
Presses: Foolscap Press, Moving Parts Press, Ninja Press, Peter Koch Printer, and Turkey Press.
Subject
  • Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)
  • Fine books > California > Exhibitions
  • Printing > California > Exhibitions
  • Artists' books > California > Exhibitions
  • Printers > California
  • Artists' books
  • Fine books
  • Printers
  • Printing
  • California
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Art of the Book in California: Five Contemporary Presses" at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, held June 1-August 28, 2011.
  • "A chronology of fine printing in California" by Robert Bringhurst: pages 109-116.
  • Foreword by Roberto G. Trujillo, Frances & Charles Field Curator and Head, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-125).
Contents
Foreword / Robert G. Trujillo -- What the ink sings to the paper / Robert Bringhurst -- The art of the book in California: five contemporary presses / Peter Rutledge Koch -- The Presses: Foolscap Press, Moving Parts Press, Ninja Press, Peter Koch Printer, Turkey Press -- Photographs -- A chronology of fine printing in California / Robert Bringhurst.
ISBN
  • 9780911221466
  • 0911221468
OCLC
729473159
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library