Memory and Her Nine Daughters / the Muses / A Pretext for Printing Cast into the Mould of a Dialogue in Four Chapters

Victor Hammer

Published by George Wittenborn, New York, 1957

About this Item

[ii], iv, 107, [1] pp., 8vo, decorated paper-covered boards, edges untrimmed, dustjacket. Typeset by Victor Hammer in his iconic American Uncial type and printed by Carolyn Hammer at their Stamperia del Santuccio, one of several presses the Hammers operated from the 1930s to 1970s. No. 49 of 252 copies on Japanese Honsho paper. Dustjacket printed with a woodcut by Victor Hammer from the front wall of the chapel in Holbsheim in the Alsace (also as the frontispiece). The boards are covered using unused sheets from Opus XIII (i.e., an edition of this work the Hammers produced a year earlier that was printed in red and black and with two-color initials). Very good copy overall; evidence of a small bookplate removal from front blank; minor spots of foxing at top of textblock; cover edges a touch toned; near fine dustjacket with a trace of dustiness. Holbrook, An Introduction to Victor and Carolyn Hammer; Stamperia del Santuccio 21.

Seller Inventory # 3835

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memory and Her Nine Daughters / the Muses / A Pretext for Printing Cast into the Mould of a Dialogue in Four Chapters
• Publisher: George Wittenborn, New York
• Publication Date: 1957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Private press and modern fine printing