SAUL MARKS AND HIS PLANTIN PRESS
by [Laguna Verde Imprenta]: Dreyfus, John
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About This Item
[Laguna Beach: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1975].. [12]pp plus two blanks. Octavo. Sewn Cockerell paper wrapper, printed label, untrimmed. Woodcut illustration from an Eric Gill design on title-page, woodcut printer's device on colophon. Fine. The first publication of Ward Ritchie's "at home" press, printed by hand on handmade paper in a very small edition -- probably fifty copies. This copy has been inscribed by Dreyfus on the colophon in November 1977, and additionally signed by Ritchie in 1986. On the first page of the text a correction has been made in ink to the spelling of Lillian Marks' first name.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- SAUL MARKS AND HIS PLANTIN PRESS
- Author
- [Laguna Verde Imprenta]: Dreyfus, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Laguna Verde Imprenta
- Place of Publication
- [Laguna Beach
- Date Published
- 1975].
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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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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...