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The Miscellany Volume II Number 4, December 1915
by [Dard Hunter] Fowler, H. Alfred - ed
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Kansas City, 1915. First edition. 19x13cm, [5], 57-70, [5]pp including printed inner wrappers. Advertisements, illustrations. Stab sewn printed wrappers in blue and black, yapped edges. A touch of soiling and toning else nearly fine.
Single issue of this nicely printed quarterly devoted mainly to paper and bookplates. This publication edited by H. Alfred Fowler existed under several different titles starting in 1911 as The Book-Plate Booklet, then The Ex Libran, The Biblio, The Bookplate, and The Miscellany, which ran from 1914-1916 in a total of 12 issues. This particular volume quite important in that it contains a very early essay, "Ancient Papermaking" by Dard Hunter, one of his first published scholarly articles on the subject.
Bibliography of Bookplate Literature pg. 76.
Single issue of this nicely printed quarterly devoted mainly to paper and bookplates. This publication edited by H. Alfred Fowler existed under several different titles starting in 1911 as The Book-Plate Booklet, then The Ex Libran, The Biblio, The Bookplate, and The Miscellany, which ran from 1914-1916 in a total of 12 issues. This particular volume quite important in that it contains a very early essay, "Ancient Papermaking" by Dard Hunter, one of his first published scholarly articles on the subject.
Bibliography of Bookplate Literature pg. 76.
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- Title
- The Miscellany Volume II Number 4, December 1915
- Author
- [Dard Hunter] Fowler, H. Alfred - ed
- Format/Binding
- 19x13cm, [5], 57-70, [5]pp including printed inner wrappers. Advertisements, illustrations. Stab sewn printed wrappers in blue a
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City
- Date Published
- 1915
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