Syncopating saxophones
By: by Alfred V. Frankenstein
Contributors: Preissig, Vojtěch, book designer
Publisher: R.O. Ballou
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Music; History and criticism; Jazz
Notes: "Of this first edition of Syncopating Saxophones, Alfred Frankenstein's first book, 600 copies (of which 500 are for sale) were printed in Chicago in November, 1925. The boook was designed (after the composition had been completed) by Vojtech Preissig in an attempt to show the possibility of typographic salvation through design under ordinary printing trade conditions. The type is Linotype Old Style. The dashes at the top and botoom of each page are Linotype dashes. The paper is Warren's Old Style. The composition was done by the Standard Typesetting Company of Chicago. The book was printed by Carbery & Reed and bound by Morris Spinner & Company of Chicago. This is the first Ballou book of Preissig design. The publisher hopes that it is the forerunner of many."--Colophon.