Title: Two Limited Editions From the Archetype Press Author: Place: Pasadena, CA Publisher: Archetype Press Date: 1998-2005 Description: 1. Thingamajigs: 300 Years of American Invention Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2005. First Edition. Limited to 80 copies. Folio (33.5cm.); original embossed card boards backed with red cloth; unpaged; chiefly illus., some printed tissue plates tipped, some slightly misfolded (at production?), else Fine. Each leaf devoted to an American invention and printed letterpress by a student at the Archetype Press at the Art Center College of Design "using metal foundry type, wood type, linoleum blocks, laser-cut masonite, and digital polymer plates." 2. Blues Notes: A Typographic Journey Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 1998. First Edition. Limited to 55 copies. Folio (34cm.); original dark blue unadorned silk by Alice Vaughn; unpaged; chiefly illus. Fine. Collective compilation of letterpress plates by the students of the Archetype Press, all devoted to the theme of the Blues. Donated by Lorne Bair Rare Books, Winchester, VA. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 252880
Title: Two Limited Editions From the Archetype Press Author: Place: Pasadena, CA Publisher: Archetype Press Date: 1998-2005 Description: 1. Thingamajigs: 300 Years of American Invention Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2005. First Edition. Limited to 80 copies. Folio (33.5cm.); original embossed card boards backed with red cloth; unpaged; chiefly illus., some printed tissue plates tipped, some slightly misfolded (at production?), else Fine. Each leaf devoted to an American invention and printed letterpress by a student at the Archetype Press at the Art Center College of Design "using metal foundry type, wood type, linoleum blocks, laser-cut masonite, and digital polymer plates." 2. Blues Notes: A Typographic Journey Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 1998. First Edition. Limited to 55 copies. Folio (34cm.); original dark blue unadorned silk by Alice Vaughn; unpaged; chiefly illus. Fine. Collective compilation of letterpress plates by the students of the Archetype Press, all devoted to the theme of the Blues. Donated by Lorne Bair Rare Books, Winchester, VA. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 252880
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