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The Bowker Lectures on Book Publishing, Third Series
Melcher, Frederic G. (signed); Marchette Chute (inscribed to); Joseph A.Brandt; & Louise Seaman Bechtel; Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Ken McCormick
Published by The Typophiles, New York, 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. 1st ed, Limited 350 numbered copies. New York: The Typophiles, 1948. Inscribed to author Marchette Chute, by prominent publisher Frederic G. Melcher who contributes the Introduction. Marchette Chute authored SHAKESPEARE OF LONDON; BEN JONSON OF WESTMINSTER; JESUS OF ISRA…EL; THE INNOCENT WAYFARING; THE TWO GENTLE MEN, THE LIVES OF GEORGE HERBERT AND ROBERT HERRICK; etc. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Typophile Chap Books, XVIII (#18). First Edition. 1 of 350 copies printed for contributors and subscribers [600 total copies]. Title-page drawing by Hans Alexander Mueller. Essays on books and publishing. Contents: INTRODUCTION by Frederic G. Melcher; THE UNIVERSITY OF EVERY MAN by Joseph A. Brandt; BOOKS IN SEARCH OF CHILDREN by Louise Seaman Bechtel; BOOK-CLUBS by Dorothy Canfield Fisher; EDITORS TODAY by Ken McCormick; Note. 4.5" wide by 7" tall. Bound in the original red and gray paper-covered boards with a gray cloth spine stamped in bright gold. Rathé 18. . INSCRIBED to Marchette Chute Frederic G. Melcher. 1st ed, Limited 350 numbered copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Mueller, Hans Alexander. (x), 173pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Mueller, Hans Alexander (illustrator).