VICTOR HAMMER ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN [with:] VICTOR HAMMER ARTIST AND PRINTER
by [Hammer, Victor]: Rothenstein, John, at al
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston: David Godine, [1978], and Lexington: The Anvil Press, 1981.. Two volumes. Quarto. Quarter publisher's leather and cloth. Plates (some in color), illustrations and facsimiles. Spine stamping on one volume a bit tarnished, otherwise about fine. First editions, limited issues, of these two complementary works, limited to fifty sets press-numbered in Roman, specially bound, from editions of 500 and 550 copies respectively, elegantly printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. A tribute to one of the multi-gaited masters of the 20th century, including a bibliography of the four presses with which Hammer and heirs were associated. This set is not accompanied by the envelope of ephemera that was issued with the deluxe sets.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT86143
- Title
- VICTOR HAMMER ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN [with:] VICTOR HAMMER ARTIST AND PRINTER
- Author
- [Hammer, Victor]: Rothenstein, John, at al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Anvil Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston: David Godine, [1978], and Lexington
- Date Published
- 1981.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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.
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