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JOHN S. FASS & THE HAMMER CREEK PRESS ...
by [Hammer Creek Press]: Cohen, Herman, et al
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Rochester: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998.. 36,[4]pp. Octavo. Quarter gilt cloth and marbled paper over boards. Portrait frontis. Tipped-in wood- engravings and facsimiles. A fine copy. First edition, deluxe issue. Published under the auspices of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. One of only 100 copies printed at the Stinehour Press after a design by Jerry Kelly. With essays by Jackson Burke and Eugene M. Ettenberg, a Foreword by Aveve Cohen, and a Check List of the press compiled by Herman Cohen. Some of the wood engravings are by John De Pol, and were printed by David Pankow. A fascicle of extra illustrations is enclosed within flaps mounted on the rear pastedown. A trade printing was published by David Godine. This limited issue is uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT87214
- Title
- JOHN S. FASS & THE HAMMER CREEK PRESS ...
- Author
- [Hammer Creek Press]: Cohen, Herman, et al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Place of Publication
- Rochester
- Date Published
- 1998.
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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