On the impact of expectations
By: researched and compiled by S. Boyer et al. ; [contributors: Sarah Boyer, Candice Cetrone, Shannon Kelley, Gretchen Lindsay, Catherine Templeton, Jillian Wallis]
Contributors: Scripps College. Press; BFK Rives (Firm)
Publisher: Scripps College Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Claremont, Calif.]
Language: eng
Notes: Seven pamphlets bound in different styles gathered together in file folders in acrylic box.

Title transcription from "abstract".

"This is the thirtieth book in fifteen years from the Scripps College Press. ... The specific focus of this book is unpredictability or surprise. ... The ... varied page configurations serve to reveal the structure of each story. [signature] Kitty Maryatt"--Abstract p. [4-5].

"This is an experiment conducted by six typography students at the Scripps College Press under the guidance of Professor Kitty Maryatt. ... [Set] by hand and [printed] by letterpress. The substrate is Rives BFK and Rives Heavyweight. The typeface for the abstract is 14 pt. Scripps College Old Style. Images were created with linoleum blocks, pochoir, and photopolymer plates. The results are housed in an acrylic box. This is copy [...] in an edition of 70 copies."--Abstract colophon.

Typefaces used: Optima, Scripps College Old Style, Ehrhardt, Centaur.

Signed by each of the participants.

Rare Book copy: No. 43.
Table of contents: title: She was a prisoner of the rain / [Sarah Boyer]; title: When lights are low she looks her best / [Candice Cetrone]; title: Mathematical bisexual / [Jilliam Wallis; title: She decided to go down to the river again today / [Catherine Templeton]; title: We are / [Gretchen Lindsay]; title: How do they get the horses in the water? / [Shannon Kelley]; title: Abstract / [Kitty Maryatt].