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141, (Silver Buckle Press) Specimen Book of Wood Type: from the collection of the Silver Buckle Press. Introduction by Rob Roy Kelley. Foreword by Stephen O. Saxe. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1999. n.p. 10″ x 7″. Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine from the original wood type with text set in Joanna. Cloth case binding, printed with decorative wood ornaments in black on green. The book displays over eighty catalogued wood type fonts, with decorative wood ornaments interspersed throughout. Includes a copy of an original commemorative broadside. One of 165 copies for sale in an edition of 200. Fine.

1999 marked the 25th anniversary of the Silver Buckle Press at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The Silver Buckle Press was acquired by the University in 1973 from the estate of Robert Shaftoe, whose one expressed wish was that the press not be broken up or disposed of piecemeal; he also wished it operated by a museum, library or historical institution. In providing a home for the SilverBuckle Press, the University has been the fulfillment of that wish.  It is a working tool used to support training and instruction.

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