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1970 The Rainbow Box Complete 24

The Rainbow Box, by Designer/illustrator Norman Laliberté and author Joseph Pintauro.

 

This product is in mint condition, with possible exception of box itself which is still amazing, but with a sticker pull and hard to notice edge wear, but barely worn at all. Interior, books and poster appear brand new.

 

Produced in limited edition of 15,000, this consists of the box itself, four books—A Box of Sun, The Peace Box, The Rabbit Box and The Magic Box plus “The Peace Poster”, which says "Make the World Attractive to the Rest of the Universe" - which honors in art and poetry the four seasons plus the times of life. The idea was to present these four different subjects in individual books that were then put together in as colorful and as exciting a manner as the books themselves were. The concept of the cube represented the multifaceted views of time and life as presented within the books. To produce so many pages of color in a special package at a minimal price required the integration of the efforts of the poet, the artist and the printer to get maximum benefit at minimal dollar cost.

 

Special Features: The box itself was manufactured by The Box Shop, New Haven, Connecticut, who also assembled the pieces into the cubes and manufactured the color space interiors.

Credits

Designer/illustrator: Norman Laliberté

Author: Joseph Pintauro

Size: 4 books, each 6 x 6 inches, plus poster, in 6.5 inch cube box

Pages: 96 pages each book

Quantity printed: edition of 15,000

Price: $15.95

Typeface: various faces and handlettered

Typesetter: Norman Laliberté

Printer: Offset Reproductions, Inc.

Printing method: offset

Papers: Hooper Sunray Opaque Vellum, 70 lb., Ivory , (1 book, The Rabbit Box); Warren Patina II, 80 lb., White, (other 3 books); poster on Hopper Offset Antique White\, 70 lb.

Paper supplies: Bulkley Dunton Linde Lathrop, Inc. , Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation

Binder: A. Horowitz & Son.

Binding materials: bound in preprinted Permalin Crash White on 80 pt. pasted boards

Binding method: Smythe-sewn, flat-back with board stiffener

Endpapers: Canfield Colortext Ebony, Yellow and Light Blue plus one printed endlining on Curtis Stoneridge Text Ivory

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers (New York, New York)

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