One of the staffers tried to help me find more information, but we were stymied. I took more photos and did more research to discover this was a rack of press boards used in book binding.
Also at the mall I bought a piece of family history cheaply. My family sold furniture at retail for three generations. We sold an awful lot of Hitchcock. But it is not our style and it didn’t get preserved in the family. This stenciled board is from the back of a desk. I’ll hang it in the house.
At an antiques mall, I encountered a piece of Hamilton Mfg. Co. furniture I’ve never seen before. It didn’t seem type-related, because it was flat wood. Metal or stones are typically used for type galleys.
At the supporter level, you get signed copies of Flong Time, No See and two of my other books (and two ebooks) plus, either
• Letterpress-printed Walt Whitman folio
• Letterpress-printed SHOUTY CAPS chapter of a 2017 book
As part of the campaign, you can get the book (ebook, print, signed), but also:
• A sheet of Sunday Peanuts flong, the molds used to create plates from which the comics were printed
• A unique re-creation of flong using a Bill Griffith–authorized Zippy the Pinhead comic
With my book Flong Time, No See at 80% funded and a week to go, and with premium underwriting tiers claimed, I’ve added two supporter tiers: get thanked in the book, three different signed books, and a limited letterpress-printed item!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see/posts/4637598National Treasures: Harvard Houghton Library Edition
Visiting curators @overholt and Molly Schwartzburg, John had pulled a volume with a paper-debossed seal where overlapping flaps ensured it wasn't flattened under pressure. The photo came out VERY cinematic.
I can’t quite believe this is true, but there is a direct connection between FLONG and the BIRTH OF THE INTERNET via Bolt Beranek and Newman. This is not a joke. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see/posts/4627201
While you’re reading the update, consider backing my book—this story will be added to it!
Mmmm…floor pi. Adjacent to my flong interest.
