Printers' Devices Record

45 x 43 mm. © Feather Vender Press	Printer/Publisher: Feather Vender Press. Simpson, Herbert W., 1904-
	Country: Indiana (U.S.)	City: Evansville	Date: 1950
	Keywords: feathers, peddlers
Mottoes, Text:
Names, Initials: Feather Vender Press
Device Designer: Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956
Device Reference: Weygand, J.L. Collection of pressmarks p. 79 Go to Page: 78 80
Usage Period:
Notes: "In 1950 W. A. Dwiggins designed this mark for Herbert W. Simpson, for some productions that never came to pass. It has appeared only once, in a Simpson-WAD calendar of 29 press runs and colors. Quoting Simpson: "Feather Vender is a wry twist to the term Feather Merchant, i.e. one with large and nebulous plans that fail to materialize, Simpson to wit."" © James Lamar Weygand
Source: Weygand, James Lamar. A collection of pressmarks gathered from America's private presses and from others not so private. Nappanee, Ind., Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1956.
Reference:
Location: University of Florida
URL: https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/feathervender.htm