Ernest Morgan book
Ernest Morgan: Printer of Principle

By Gaylord Schanilec
Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2001. Edition of 200.

9 x 14 inches. 50 pages. 200 regular copies numbered and signed: quarter cloth with paper covered boards, slipcase with cloth edges, leather spine label. 26 special copies lettered and signed: quarter leather with cloth covered boards, cloth covered clamshell case, leather spine label. The book was printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. The 26 special copies include an extra copy of a portrait of Ernest Morgan and archival ink-jet reproductions of the working materials involved in the portrait’s development. The special copies also contain four bookplates produced by Ernest Morgan.

The text was hand set in Poliphilus with Blado italic, and the book was hand bound at Midnight Paper Sales. The introduction and afterword were cast in Monotype by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The text is of stories shared by Morgan with Schanilec over a series of visits. Interspersed with the text are archival ink-jet reproductions of artifacts from Morgan’s career, along with two pieces of printing produced by Ernest himself. Schanilec added four impressions of his visit with Morgan in the form of color wood engravings.
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