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Tono-Bungay : pick your poison

Title
Tono-Bungay : pick your poison / H.G. Wells.
Author
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Publication
San Francisco : Arion Press, 2008.

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TextRestricted use Rare Books 09-558Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Washburn, Stan.
  • Hoyem, Andrew.
  • Arion Press.
  • Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.)
Description
330, [20] p. : ill.; 24 cm. +
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Science fiction, English.
  • Satire, English.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Plantin (Monotype)
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Brush Script.
Note
  • Accompanied by "Notes by Edward Mendelson from the Penguin classics edition of Tono-Bungay." In box, as issued.
  • "This novel was illustrated with fourteen prints by artist Stan Washburn ... The book is also illustrated with twenty fanciful advertisements for Tono-Bungay and other products, written by Roy Folger and Andrew Hoyem, printed from period types ..."--T.p. verso.
  • "Designed and produced at the Arion Press in San Francisco by Andrew Hoyem, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Kenneth Howard, Sarah Songer, Audra Knutson, Charles Martin, Diana Ketcham, Max Farber, and Laura Samuelsson. The text type is Plantin, in Monotype composition, with Brush Script handset as the display type. The advertisements feature different display types and borders ... The prints were made by the artist scratching the emulsion of film, which was then used to expose polymer plates, creating the linear effect of etching. The type and plates were printed by letterpress on Mohawk Via laid paper ... This is the eighty-second publication of the press. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 letters complimentary copies."--Colophon.
Call Number
Rare Books 09-558
OCLC
243468423
Author
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Title
Tono-Bungay : pick your poison / H.G. Wells.
Imprint
San Francisco : Arion Press, 2008.
Local Note
Rare Books copy is no. 144.
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Added Author
Washburn, Stan.
Hoyem, Andrew.
Arion Press.
Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Rare Books 09-558
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