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Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1976. [30] pp. Approximately 1 1/16 x 1 1/4". LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies. Maroon leather over boards, binding by Bela Blau, gilt border and title on cover, letterpress, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press #41) Published in the year of the US Bicentennial, this is a tribute to that event. Includes the creeds of General MacArthur, William Tyler Page, Dean Alfance, and creeds of our forefathers. A patriotic little book!
Testaments of Faith, Issued in the Bicentennial Year, 1776-1976 by Norman W. Forgue (1905-1985), compiler - 1976
by Norman W. Forgue (1905-1985), compiler
Testaments of Faith, Issued in the Bicentennial Year, 1776-1976
by Norman W. Forgue (1905-1985), compiler
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Chicago, IL: Black Cat Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies designed by Norman Forgue, printed from type by Maynard Johnson, and bound by Bela Blau. Miniature Book. 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 inches. Unpaginated. [30] pp. Printed throughout in red and black inks; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped maroon leather, red end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-073. Fine. Contains a series of Creeds by various authors. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1114.
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- Place of Publication Chicago, IL
- Date Published 1976
- Keywords Norman W Forgue, Testaments of Faith Issued in the Bicentennial Year 1776-1976, Miniature Book, Black Cat Press, Glen Dawson, Bela Blau
Testaments of Faith
by Norman W. Forgue (compiler)
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TESTAMENT OF FREEDOM: IDEAS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.|A
by Forgue, Norman W. (compiler)
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1966. red leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Miniature Books. miniature (6.2 x 6.7 cm.). red leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 43, (3) pages printed French fold. Printed in a limited edition of 200, hand-set Monotype Caslon; red, blue and black on Mohawk Superfine. Hard cover design by Douglas Rader. ( Forgue, Vol 2, page 62-63; Bradbury, Black Cat, 25) Collection of patriotic quotes from figures such as Marshal Foch, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Emerson, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Paine. Bound by Bela Blau. Small label of private collector in corner of back pastedown.
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TESTAMENT OF FREEDOM: IDEAS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.|A
by Forgue, Norman W. (compiler)
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1966. red leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Miniature Books. miniature (6.2 x 6.7 cm.). red leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 43, (3) pages printed French fold. Printed in a limited edition of 200, hand-set Monotype Caslon; red, blue and black on Mohawk Superfine. Hard cover design by Douglas Rader. ( Forgue, Vol 2, page 62-63; Bradbury, Black Cat, 25) Collection of patriotic quotes from figures such as Marshal Foch, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Emerson, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Paine. Bound by Bela Blau. Inscribed by the designer on the front free endpaper.
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ANCIENT WHEEL OF FORTUNE TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, 1796.|THE
by Forgue, Norman W. (compiler)
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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1968. leather, title gilt-stamped on spine, marbled endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (2.7 x 3.3 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine, marbled endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 35). From The Book of Knowledge (1796). Introductory note by the compiler. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard. Spine sunned.
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