 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Hard cover, 4to, in sepia-colored cloth with titles blocked in gold within a black box to the spine. In the original gray art paper covered slipcase, xi, 105 pp. The Author details the production process of individual fine press volumes of Frost's work, illustrated with facsimile reproductions of a number of title pages, other printed ephemera, and Christmas cards. Correspondence between Frost and his printer is also transcribed. Original art and calligraphy by the likes of Leonard Baskin and others is reproduced. Colophon at rear of book shows details of this volume's limitation, with letterpress layout by the Press of A. Colish, Mt. Vernon, New York; plates made and printed by The Meriden Company, Meriden, CT. and typography designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Printed in the designer's own typeface, "Emerson." San Francisco-born quintessential American poet ROBERT FROST (1874-1963) was educated in Lawrence, Massachusetts and worked in New England. He was awarded four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, and was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1958-59. Author and book designer and typographer , Joseph Blumenthal (1897-1990) was well acquainted with Frost's work as the fine press printer and designer to a large body of the poet's work, done through his firm the Spiral Press, operating in New York between 1926 and 1971. REF: Poetry Foundation, Frost biography. On J. Blumenthal, see: "Typographic Years: A Printer's Journey through a Half Century 1925-1975," (New York: Frederic C. Beil, 1982). (AMJ)
Ref: POEMUS 9790
$70.00