CRATCHIT'S CHRISTMAS FEAST. Excerpted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

[Small / Private Press]. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Gerry, Vance [1929 - 2005] - Printer

Published by Vance Gerry, Pasadena, 1988

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[8], 7, [5] pp. Frontispiece wood engraving of the family around the table. 3-1/16" x 2-1/16" Gerry's "introduction to printing came early. Bud Gerry, or â Buddyâ as he was then called (and how he despised that name), learned to set type by hand and absorbed the basic principles of book design at Grant Dahlstromâ s Castle Press in 1942â "43. As a lad of thirteen, Buddy was glad to work for forty cents an hour â . . . when there were jobs practical for boys to do â ¦â After military service, Vance made use of the GI Bill to train as a commercial artist at Woodbury College, at the Art Center for Design and the Chouinard Art Institute. Vance Gerryâ s first book â by an infamous and marvelously surreal artist from the Golden Age of Disney,â was Roy Williams.ÂVaporisms, consisting of nine numbered pages, 5 x 7 Â¾ inches, published in an edition of 50 copies. The last Weather Bird Press book arrived at the Book Club in March 2005, part of the annual Rounce and Coffin Clubâ s exhibition of Western Books. It was a copy of Louis Seymour Jones,ÂThe Heart of the Bee, an excerpt fromÂPut a Feather in Your HatÂâ " nineteen pages, 4 Â½ by 7 inches, set in 10 pt Sabon, leaded 4 points, printed on 80 lb Cream Classic Laid and bound by Mariana Blau." [passages excerpted from remarks by Patrick Reagh, Printer, as published by FPBA]. Bit of age-toning, signs of light use, a VG+ copy. Red & white checked paste-paper covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st Edition (Butcher 83). Limited to 50 cc. Seller Inventory # 51314

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Title: CRATCHIT'S CHRISTMAS FEAST. Excerpted from A...
Publisher: Vance Gerry, Pasadena
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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