Lead, tin & antimony
Subtitle: specimens of metal type held in cases or cast fresh at the Greenboathouse Press
Publisher: Greenboathouse Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Vernon, BC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781894744379; 9781894744386
Subjects: Type and type-founding; Specimens; Greenboathouse Press
Other titles: Lead, tin and antimony
Description: "The book will showcase over two dozen individual page designs showcasing over 20 typefaces, including quotations on typography (Hermann Zapf, Robert Bringhurst, Beatrice Warde), poetry & prose extracts (Ezra Pound, John Keats, Samuel Beckett, Fyodor Dostoyevsky), a handful of typographic experiments, as well as variations of ephemera printed previously at the press. These designs will be printed in over 20 colours, all from hand-set metal type."--
Notes: The regular edition (45 copies) is issued in quarter leather with paper over boards, in a slipcase. The deluxe edition (10 copies) is issued in quarter leather with paper over boards, in a slipcase with a portfolio of prints and a photo essay, all held in a quarter leather clamshell box.

Rare Book copy: No. 39.