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Additional authors

1. Schanilec, Clayton.
2. Midnight Paper Sales Press. prt
3. Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
4. Out of Sorts Letter Foundry. cmt
5. Campbell-Logan Bindery. bnd

Description

1. [2], 19, [1] leaves : col. ill.; 27 cm.

Uniform title

1. St. Paul pioneer press.
2. St. Paul daily globe.

Subject

1. Iron and steel bridges > Minnesota > Saint Paul > Design and construction
2. High Bridge (Saint Paul, Minn.) > In art
3. High Bridge (Saint Paul, Minn.) > History

Genre/Form

1. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Plantin Monotype.
2. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Onix.

Call number

1. *KP (Midnight) 08-333

Note

1. "Designed and printed by Gaylord Shanilec at Minnesota Center for Book Arts ... in an edition of 174 numbered and 26 lettered copies"--Colophon.
2. "The wood engravings ... are by Gaylord Schanilec ... Each engraving was printed in five to seven colors using three to five different blocks ... The text ... was derived from stories that appeared in the St. Paul daily globe and the St. Paul pioneer press during the bridge's construction from 1887 to 1889 ... The articles were edited by Clayton Schanilec ... Hand-bound into boards at the Campbell-Logan Bindery, the numbered copies are in cloth; lettered copies are quarter-bound in leather ... The text type is Plantin Monotype and was initially set at the Out-of-Sorts Letter Foundry. The titles are set in Onix"--Colophon.
3. Lettered copies include a separate suite of the prints.

Binding (note)

1. Numbered copies: Publisher's gray cloth, with illustrated paper label on front cover and paper spine label.

Author

1. Schanilec, Gaylord.

Title

1. High Bridge : ten wood engravings of demolition with nine stories of construction.

Imprint

1. Saint Paul : Midnight Paper Sales Press, c1987.

Local note

1. NYPL copy is no. 124; signed in pencil with artist's cipher.

Binding

1. Numbered copies: Publisher's gray cloth, with illustrated paper label on front cover and paper spine label.

Local note

1. Accompanied by prospectus ([3] p. on folded sheet).

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Schanilec, Clayton.
2. Midnight Paper Sales Press. Printer
3. Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
4. Out of Sorts Letter Foundry. Compositor
5. Campbell-Logan Bindery. Binder

Added title

1. St. Paul pioneer press.
2. St. Paul daily globe.

Research call number

1. *KP (Midnight) 08-333