Printshop Nostalgia: Cartoons, "Old Days in the Print Shop" with a Preface by J. L. Frazier by John T. Nolf (1871-1950) - 1989

Evanston, IL:: The Schori Press,, 1989. Hardcover. Like New. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED and LIMITED to 200 copies. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches. Unpaginated. [80] pp. Frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Full brown-stamped brown leather, decorative end papers; binding square and tight. Mel Kavin's copy. Fine. This is the second miniature reprint by the Schori Press of John Nolf's cartoons, which were originally printed in The Inland Printer Magazine. J. L. Frazier, whose Preface appears in this volume, was editor of the Inland Printer from 1928 to 1951. Nolf was the unofficial leader of the Grand Detour Artist Colony, located in Grand Detour Illinois, a quaint village located at the bend of the Rock River. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 2253.