The feel of steel : the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States
Title
The feel of steel : the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States
Creator
Tomasko, Mark D
Publisher
Newtown, PA. : Bird & Bull Press
Date
2009
Format
177, [3] pages (the last page blank), [1] leaf of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, 1 portrait plate, 15 plates (some colour), samples ; 34 cm
Description
Title page printed in black and blue. Includes illustrated head-pieces and tail-pieces printed in blue. Plates (some folded), except portrait plate, are included in pagination. Includes "A Portfolio of Original Engraved Prints": pages [133]-158. Includes "Notes": pages 159-165. "150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in August 2009. The text was composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery."--Colophon. "Wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates"--Colophon. Includes "Bibliography" (pages 166-170) and "Index" (pages 171-173). Includes single sheet prospectus. Includes two dollar bill stamped in red ink "A $2 bookmark for The Feel of Steel." QUL copy number 73 of 150.
Provenance
Purchased on Schulich-Woolf fund.
Contributor
Bates, Wesley W. engraver
Bixler, Michael. compositor
Bixler, Winifred. compositor
Bird & Bull Press, printer publisher
Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder
Bixler, Michael. compositor
Bixler, Winifred. compositor
Bird & Bull Press, printer publisher
Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder
Language
English
Identifier
folio HG350 .T66 2009
Relation
Files
Citation
Tomasko, Mark D, “The feel of steel : the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/733.