Type specimens of Caliban Press
Subtitle: on the occasion of its sixth anniversary
Contributors: Caliban Press
Publisher: Caliban Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Montclair, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Printing; Specimens; Type and type-founding; History; Wood types (Printing); Private presses; Caliban Press
Notes: Sample pages from 4 previously published Caliban Press books included in [23] p. at end.

Pages 11-13 and plate on folded leaf. Pages 20-21 on recto of folded leaf (verso blank; not counted in collation), followed by p. "21a." Pages 37-38 and 47-48 on double leaves. Page 44 mounted.

Illustrated with various type flowers, printer's ornaments, etc., including woodcut pointing hand (plate); ill. on p. 39, by Alison Seiffer, is reprinted from: Andrea rescued / by Harry Kondoleon (1987). Some pages hand-sprinkled or spattered by the author.

Issued in grayish pink paper covers over stiff cream paper; non-adhesive binding structure, attached to the signatures with exposed stitches. Paper is hand-spattered on outside surfaces.

100 copies printed in black and red on 8 handmade, mouldmaded and machine-made papers of various colors; signed by the author/printer/binder, Mark McMurray.

Bibliography: p. 52.