A Printer's Dozen / Philip Gallo / Gaylord Schanilec

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A Printer’s Dozen. Twelve poems on printing, bookcraft, life, and love by Philip Gallo. Featuring a five-color title-page engraving by Gaylord Schanilec (his first photographic multiple-color engraved work).

These poems are funny and serious and charming. . . . A Printer’s Dozen reflects all the wonderful qualities we have come to expect from Bieler Press. —Bookways

Designed by Gerald Lange. Printed by Lange and Robin Price. Handset in Garamond Bold and Trump Medieval Bold (display) and printed in two colors on mouldmade Invicta paper. Bound into covers of Larroque Black handmade paper. Issued in an edition of 200 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator.

Recipient of a Type Directors Club Exhibition Citation for Typographic Excellence (Judge’s Choice selection). An article on the making of the book appeared in the book arts journal, AbraCadaBrA, in the spring of 1994. $275.