Annotated Bibliography of the Press of Appletree Alley
118. (Press of Appletree Alley) The Press of Appletree Alley. An Annotated Bibliography of Imprints. 1981-2002. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. 35p. 10″ x 6.75″. Frontispiece and 9 black and white illustrations. Designed by Juanita Bishop; handset in Centaur and Arrighi and printed on Rives Lightweight buff with a Vandercook No. 4 press by Juanita Bishop, Gretchen Moyer, and Steven Styers. Illustrations printed directly from the blocks. Don Rash handbound each book in brown cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Tan endpapers. Press device engraved by John DePol, with a brown and green paper illustration of the device on the front and back covers. No. 106 in an edition of 125 numbered copies. Fine.
This beautifully designed and printed bibliography of a fine small press is comprehensive, and well laid out. It divides the various aspects of the work of the press in clear sections – poetry and fiction under their specific imprints, making it very easy to find descriptions.
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