A History and Description of The Pitt Press Erected to the Memory of Mr Pitt for the use of The University Printing Press AD 1833 Altered and Restored AD 1937

Crutchley, E. A.; Walter Lewis (printer)

Published by Cambridge, Walter Lewis, 1938 (New Year's Day).

About this Item

Half cloth paper covered boards (hardcover) with dust jacket (browned and damaged spine and folds), v, 35 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (1 color), portrait ; 24 cm. Good/very good, light foxing in the margins. Only true first edition. Reportedly only 100 copies for friends. The first Cambridge University Press trade edition is in full green cloth and does not mention the printer Walter Lewis on the title page.

Seller Inventory # JHJ_2023_08_24_7

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History and Description of The Pitt Press Erected to the Memory of Mr Pitt for the use of The University Printing Press AD 1833 Altered and Restored AD 1937
• Publisher: Cambridge, Walter Lewis, 1938 (New Year's Day).
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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