The Spiral Press [1926 - 1971] : A Bibliographical Checklist / Philip N. Cronenwett

Identifier:REF.BC.1949

Dimensions:xv, 175 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, samples ; 24 cm

Copyright dates:2002

Subjects: Printing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century., bibliographies, private presses

Description:"The significance of The Spiral Press to American letters and cultural history is underscored by the over 600 items listed in this bibliography. Joseph Blumenthal, founder of the Press, designed and printed for Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Robinson Jeffers and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Institutions counted among the press's clients were The Metropolitan Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Morgan Library, The Grolier Club and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. [...] The bibliography lists the press's monographs, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs and all publications relating to printing arts. It will be an important reference and research tool for literary and printing history scholars and collectors." "More than two dozen reproductions of Spiral Press pages. Offset-printed, in additional colors where appropriate. 4 tipped-in reproductions of Spiral Press work. Case bound in cloth."--Publisher's advertisement. "Five hundred copies of this book have been set in Baskerville and Bulmer types and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper at The Studley Press. Fifty copies containing original examples printed at The Spiral Press have been specially bound and are signed by the author. Designed by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon. Includes index.