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Suzanne Hunter & Roger Levenson

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Description:Limited edition, privately hand printed miniature book. The letters of Roger Levenson were transcribed and printed as the fictitious sage Pi Ching, apparently commemorating Suzanne Hunter's acquisition of a printing press. Publisher Suzanne Hunter named the publisher as Miss Print Press. She recites the fact that the wise sayings are attributed to "Pi Ching, the fust* plinter of all time", but in fact are extracted from letters [to her?] by Roger Levenson, who apparently was himself a letterpress printer. This miniature edition measures 2 9/16" x 1 7/8" x 1/4" or 66x47.5x5mm. It features English and Chinese [or Chinese-derived Japanese kanji?] character text, and consists of sayings using wordplay on letterpress-printer jargon which technical terms are italicized**: (composing stick, metallic lead moveable type, etc.) playfully sexy innuendo, and transliteration of what was apparently supposed to be an Asian person speaking English as a second language. Often there are all 3 in one maxim. It was published privately with a run of 200 copies in 1967 however, and is a unique miniature antiquarian book of sub-Lilliputian size. It seems likely this was the first and only edition. Instead of being just being bound as a glued booklet, the binding is in sewn signatures. There is no Library of Congress number, nor ISBN number, no bar codes, and no dust jacket on the copy I examined. No address of the printer, except San Franciso. Google books shows a copy in the McGehee Lindemann Miniature Book Collection (University of Virginia), their catalog recites 29 pages. The creator of this goodreads.com entry counts 25 leaf surfaces with printed impressions, but the pages are not numbered. The paper pages ["leaves"?] number 22 in the hardcopy examined, so there are 44 page surfaces, but only 25 bear printed impressions. *Fust [first] is a punslinger reference to Johann Fust [family a.k.a. Faust] (c. 1400 – October 30, 1466) an early German printer. source: wikipedia** e.g. Pi (context, typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie. source: allwords.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Maxims of Pi Ching for Lady Printers. To get started finding The Maxims of Pi Ching for Lady Printers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 29

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Miss Print Press

Release: 1967

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Description: Limited edition, privately hand printed miniature book. The letters of Roger Levenson were transcribed and printed as the fictitious sage Pi Ching, apparently commemorating Suzanne Hunter's acquisition of a printing press. Publisher Suzanne Hunter named the publisher as Miss Print Press. She recites the fact that the wise sayings are attributed to "Pi Ching, the fust* plinter of all time", but in fact are extracted from letters [to her?] by Roger Levenson, who apparently was himself a letterpress printer. This miniature edition measures 2 9/16" x 1 7/8" x 1/4" or 66x47.5x5mm. It features English and Chinese [or Chinese-derived Japanese kanji?] character text, and consists of sayings using wordplay on letterpress-printer jargon which technical terms are italicized**: (composing stick, metallic lead moveable type, etc.) playfully sexy innuendo, and transliteration of what was apparently supposed to be an Asian person speaking English as a second language. Often there are all 3 in one maxim. It was published privately with a run of 200 copies in 1967 however, and is a unique miniature antiquarian book of sub-Lilliputian size. It seems likely this was the first and only edition. Instead of being just being bound as a glued booklet, the binding is in sewn signatures. There is no Library of Congress number, nor ISBN number, no bar codes, and no dust jacket on the copy I examined. No address of the printer, except San Franciso. Google books shows a copy in the McGehee Lindemann Miniature Book Collection (University of Virginia), their catalog recites 29 pages. The creator of this goodreads.com entry counts 25 leaf surfaces with printed impressions, but the pages are not numbered. The paper pages ["leaves"?] number 22 in the hardcopy examined, so there are 44 page surfaces, but only 25 bear printed impressions. *Fust [first] is a punslinger reference to Johann Fust [family a.k.a. Faust] (c. 1400 – October 30, 1466) an early German printer. source: wikipedia** e.g. Pi (context, typesetting) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie. source: allwords.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Maxims of Pi Ching for Lady Printers. To get started finding The Maxims of Pi Ching for Lady Printers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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