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PORTER GARNETT

9"x6"

Porter Garnett: Philosophical writings on the ideal book, compiled by Jack Stauffacher. 
San Francisco:  Book Club of California, Printed at Phelps Schaefer, 1994
9"x6"; 253 pages.  Illustrated, one of 450 copies

Bound: 

2001

Dimensions

9"x6"

The book is bound in full dark brown cape morocco, with a unique magnetic closure, developed for this work. The front cover design incorporates Garnett's Laboratory Press printer's device, which is also printed in blind on verso. The mosaics are cape morocco and chagrin leathers, with paste varnish top edge and marbled paper by Claude Del Pierre. The title and tooling are in gold. The book is contained in a drop back box. The book opens by holding down center printers device while lifting the front cover.

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