UPDIKE: AMERICAN PRINTER AND HIS MERRYMOUNT PRESS
Published by The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], New York, 1947
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC, Durham, NC, U.S.A.Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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Condition: Used
US$ 20.00
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New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], 1947. 156 pages, plus [44] pages of facsimiles and specimens, being "A Gallery of Merrymount Title-Pages and Merrymount Types." Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. [23.9 cm.] A near fine copy in very good dust jacket with tiny chip to head of front panel, several short, closed tears neatly repaired on verso with archival mending tissue, and sun-fading to spine panel. FIRST EDITION. "A collection of papers written by friends and colleagues about one of the few great printers of the first half of this century. Two of the papers about him were written during Updike's lifetime; four were written shortly after his death in 1941; two were written specially for the present book. The long preliminary essay is the printer's own story of his career." "An Editor's Summary," p. 153. The contributors were Stanley Morison, Gregg Anderson, T.M. Cleland, M.A. de Wolfe Howe, George Parker Winship, Rudolph Ruzicka, David T. Pottinger, and Carl P. Rollins.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- UPDIKE: AMERICAN PRINTER AND HIS MERRYMOUNT PRESS
- Author
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley, [et. al.; Peter Beilenson, editor and printer]
- Publisher
- The American Institute of Graphic Arts, [printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon], New York
- Publication year
- 1947
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition.
- Seller catalogs
- PRINTING HISTORY
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Durham, NC, U.S.A.
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An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th century photographs, and manuscripts.
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Durham, NC U.S.A. 27712
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