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      <title><![CDATA[One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82001/upto-700xauto/5c4f602a/1/jpeg/18029904929.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.alephbet.com/pages/books/33913/robert-mccloskey/one-morning-in-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.alephbet.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6/lydian"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/6/400/4/69879f72/lydian.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/47/goudy-modern"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/16/15675/440/4/6818a238/goudy-modern.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Morning_in_Maine"><cite>One Morning in Maine</cite></a> was —</p>

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<p>First published by The Viking Press in April 1952. Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. Set in Goudy Modern types by H.O. Bullard, Inc. and lithographed in the United States of America by Reehl Litho Company. — [<a href="http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=20551406266">imprint</a>]</p>
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<p>The cover is set in Warren Chappell’s <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6/lydian" data-entity-code-id="6" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Lydian</a></strong> Bold, which has also been used for other books written and illustrated by <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/2133/robert-mccloskey">Robert McCloskey</a> and published by <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/4623/the-viking-press">The Viking Press</a>, see <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/uses/2861/homer-price-robert-mccloskey"><cite>Homer Price</cite></a> (1943) and the <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/uses/11996/henry-reed-series-viking"><cite>Henry Reed</cite> series</a> (1958–1970).</p>

<p>Howard O. Bullard, Inc. was a typesetting company in New York City. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Specimen-Book-Types-Of-Howard-O-Bullard-Inc-Collection-of-Modern-Printing-1937-/323450003771">In 1937</a>, it was located at 150 Varick Street. <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/47/goudy-modern" data-entity-code-id="47" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Goudy Modern</a></strong> appears <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=69040506&amp;tab=1">in an undated (1960s?) typeface catalog of theirs</a>, and Lydian is even used for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21842651@N00/16282434511/">the title page of another specimen by Bullard</a>.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82014/upto-700xauto/5c4f1fc4/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-title-page.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.alephbet.com/pages/books/33913/robert-mccloskey/one-morning-in-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.alephbet.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Title page</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82010/upto-700xauto/5c447d03/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-interior-14.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30138695810" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader – Children’s Books (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82009/upto-700xauto/5c447d03/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-interior-52.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30138695810" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader – Children’s Books (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82011/upto-700xauto/5c447d36/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-cover.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30138695810" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader – Children’s Books (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Cover of the first edition, The Viking Press.</p>

<p></p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82015/upto-700xauto/5c447c29/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-cover-Junior-Literary-Guild.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=20551406266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Bingo Books 2 (ed.)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Cover of the Junior Literary Guild edition</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/24800/one-morning-in-maine-by-robert-mccloskey-viki"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/82013/upto-700xauto/5c4f2012/1/jpeg/One-Morning-In-Maine-jacket.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30138695810" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader – Children’s Books (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Title and author are repeated on the back of the jacket. The illustration wraps around.</p>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Henry Reed series, Viking]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6/lydian"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/6/400/4/69879f72/lydian.png"/></a><br/><br/><div class="embedded-use-item" data-id="81941"><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11996/henry-reed-series-viking"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/81941/upto-700xauto/5c41ffe7/1/jpeg/Henry-Reed,-Inc.jpeg"></a><br><br><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22012643182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader Children&rsquo;s Books (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br><br><p><cite>Henry Reed, Inc.</cite>, first edition by Viking, 1958.</p><br></div>

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<p><cite>Henry Reed</cite> is the main character and narrator of a series of five children&rsquo;s novels by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Robertson_(writer)">Keith Robertson</a>. The first four novels were illustrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McCloskey">Robert McCloskey</a> but he declined to handle the last one because production of the fourth disappointed him deeply. &mdash;<span class="nbsp">&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Reed_(character)">Wikipedia</a></span></p>
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<p>The jackets for the first four novels by Viking Press are all set in caps from <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6/lydian" data-entity-code-id="6" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Lydian</a></strong>.</p>

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<div class="embedded-use-item" data-id="81937"><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11996/henry-reed-series-viking"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/81937/upto-700xauto/5c41fd76/1/jpeg/18096747617.jpeg"></a><br><br><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=18096747617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo:&nbsp;&nbsp;Grendel Books</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br><br><p><cite>Henry Reed&rsquo;s Journey</cite>, first edition by Viking, <span>1963.</span></p><br></div>

<div class="embedded-use-item" data-id="81940"><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11996/henry-reed-series-viking"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/81940/upto-700xauto/5c41fd76/1/jpeg/1169996085.jpeg"></a><br><br><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1169996085" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br><br><p><cite>Henry Reed&rsquo;s Baby-Sitting Service</cite>, first edition by Viking, 1966.</p><br></div>

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<div class="embedded-use-item" data-id="81939"><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11996/henry-reed-series-viking"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/81939/upto-700xauto/5c41ff40/1/jpeg/30100247901.jpeg"></a><br><br><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30100247901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.co.uk</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photo: Barbara Mader Children&rsquo;s Books</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br><br><p><cite>Henry Reed&rsquo;s Big Show</cite>, Viking, 1970. The letterforms in the author line appear to be stretched horizontally.</p><br></div>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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