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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 137 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Edition. One Of 1000 Copies Designed By Richard Ellis And Published Under His Supervision At The Haddon Craftsmen Press, And Signed By Ellis On The Colophon. Additionally, With A Long Inscription By Ellis To Robert Hathaway, Also Signed By Ellis, And With Robert "Bob" Hathaway's Calligraphic Ownership Information On Front Pastedown. Lightly Used Book, No Damage Or Fraying. Except Two Short Tears To Last Page . Dj Worn At Edges With Short Splits At Spine And Flap Folds. Richard Williamson Ellis Was Born In Washington, D.C., In 1895. After Being Introduced To And Inspired By The Acclaimed Typographer, Bruce Rogers, Ellis Began Collecting The Books Of Master Printers, As Wells As Their Letters, Pamphlets, Ephemera, Broadsides, And Proofs. In 1924, Ellis Launched His Own Press, The Georgian Press, Initially Located On Fifth Avenue In New York. In 1927, Ellis Moved The Georgian Press To A Renovated Barn In Westport, Connecticut, Where He Stayed Until 1933. Ellis Printed Some Fifty Books. Although Some Of Them Carried His Own Imprint, The Majority Of Books Produced At Georgian Were Printed For Publishers And Private Collectors. At Georgian Press, Ellis Became Associated With Many Of The Famous Printers, Publishing Houses, Bookshops, And Private Collectors Of The Day Such As Cheshire House, Random House, Rimington And Hooper, And Doubleday, Doran And Company. In 1930, Ellis First Collaborated With The Limited Edition Book Club, With Whom He Would Establish A Lifelong Relationship. Despite Ellis' Artistic Success And Fame At Georgian Press, Financial Difficulties Exacerbated By The Depression Forced Ellis To Close His Business And Sell The Press In 1933 To George Macy, Founder Of The Limited Edition Book Club And The Heritage Club. In 1935, He And His Wife Esther Moved To Camden, New Jersey, Where Ellis Took A Position With Haddon Craftsmen. Ellis' Time At Haddon Craftsmen Ended In 1942. From 1942 To 1944 He Worked For Kingsport Press In Kingsport, Tennessee. In 1945, Ellis Moved To New York As A Consulting Book Printer. Ellis Worked At Curtis Publishing In Philadelphia From 1947 To 1956 Working On The Firm's Popular Magazines, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Country Gentlemen, Jack And Jill, And Holiday. After Leaving Curtis, Ellis Once Again Struck Out On His Own. Ellis' Final Work Was Commissioned By The Free Library Of Philadelphia And Was Completed While Ellis Was In His Eighties: Pennsylvania German Fraktur Of The Free Library Of Philadelphia. Publication Of The Book Marked The End Of A Sixty-Year Career In Book Designing And Printing. During His Lengthy Career, Ellis Gained Recognition Amongst His New York And Philadelphia Colleagues As A Master Of Fine Printing. Ellis Died On October 9, 1982, In Philadelphia. Full Page Photographic Plates Throughout (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s). …