Fine Press “Jabberwocky”

A beautiful 24-page, apx. 7 x 10 inch letterpress “Jabberwocky” has been printed and illustrated by Norman McKnight of the Philoxenia Press in Berkeley in an edition of 50. He describes is as “a pamphlet sewn into covers and Japanese Yuzen wrappers. The typeface is 20 point Frühling by Rudolf Koch (1914), and newly cast at the Stempel Foundry in Frankfurt-am-Main. The title is set in 60 point Goudy Text and 36 point Luthersche Fraktur. The text paper is Rives Heavyweight White. The wrapper has a tipped-on duplicate of plate #1. The cost is $50 sent post free.” Email Norman at philoxenia@earthlink.net.

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