Letter to a Lexicographer
Published by [Roxburghe Club; Zamorano Club] [1960], San Francisco, 1960
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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[ii], 9 pp., 12mo, sewn card wrappers. A second printing of the 1952 first edition. Title page and preface designed by William Cheney. The new material and original setting of the text printed by Saul Marks at his Plantin Press. A fictitious correspondence between E. de Fumier and M. Cambronne regarding a scatological term. Issued on the occasion of a joint meeting between the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in 1960. Very good copy; wrappers age-toned and with scattered spotting; internally fine. Harmsen and Tabor 170.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Letter to a Lexicographer
- Author
- Edwin H. Carpenter
- Publisher
- [Roxburghe Club; Zamorano Club] [1960], San Francisco
- Publication year
- 1960
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Private press and modern fine printing
George Ong Books
New York, NY, U.S.A.
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