Printed and assembled in his home, with the help of family, Patri’s wordless novel, White Collar, took years to produce and was seen by very few people.
- Undated – presumed 1939
- Self published
- San Francisco
- printed by hand
- from the linocuts
- on the artist’s/author’s printing press.
- signed and numbered in ink by Patri; edition believed to be 150 copies.
- images printed recto and verso
- some of the images of documents on spikes are rotated in different copies of the same edition. If you have ever hand printed a large volume of prints you will know how easy it is for mistakes like this it to occur.
- 10 ¼ x 7 3/8 inches
Publication date -1939
No date of publication has been given in the publication but, on balance, 1939 is the most likely date. See blog post on this topic at http://wordlessnovels.com/white-collar-dates-and-edition-sizes/
1st Edition Binding – white metal comb
see blog post on this topic at http://wordlessnovels.com/white-collar-bindings/
Please advise if you have a copy with a cover other than this on a 1st edition.
1st Edition Pages
NOTE ALSO: black ink is used for the story and gray ink is used for the inner sequence. In this image, the path to the top has developed some cracks and the protagonist is trying to mend them.