Sprie: Duane Caryl Spriestersbach. Dean of the Graduate College, 1965-1989, Vice-President for Research, 1966-1970, Vice-President for Educational Development & Research 1970-1989, Acting President, 1981-82

Rettig, Lawrence, editor

Published by University of Iowa [printed by Kim Merker at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, [Iowa City], 1989

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Edition limited to 1 copy only, with 14 proof copies (of which this is one); 8vo, pp. [36]; title page "with a green turtle drawn by hand" by Glen Epstein; printed in green and black throughout on paper made by Timothy Barrett, and bound into stiff wrappers also made by Barrett; fine. From the library of the printer, Kim Merker. On the colophon Merker has crossed out "The binding is by William Anthony," and has written in underneath, in ink, "The binding is by Larry Yerkes. The turtle on the title page is by Glen Epstein." The 14 proof copies were "for the people involved with the book" (Merker, in Berger's Printing and the Mind of Merker). This copy inscribed by Spriestersbach in December, 1989: "To Kim / I will treasure this personalized evidence of the quality of the artisans associated with the Center for the Book and wish you all Godspeed. / Sprie." Also, with a one-page autograph letter signed from Sprie laid in: "I am delighted to have the copies and, as usual, they are printed in a form and style that I find overwhelming - and undeserved." Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 93: "D. C. Spriestersbach was my 'godfather' from the very beginning of my career at Iowa. Without him there would have been no Windhover Press or Center for the Book. He supported me, protected me, and helped me in hundreds of ways over the years." Princeton, Utah, and Iowa only in OCLC. Seller Inventory # 61610

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sprie: Duane Caryl Spriestersbach. Dean of ...

Publisher: University of Iowa [printed by Kim Merker at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, [Iowa City]

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)