HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
AbeBooks seller since September 8, 2020
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 1,800.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Signed limited first edition, one of only 50 numbered copies signed by Johnson and Dowd, this copy with a previously unpublished mounted illustration of a pirate by Pyle made available by Frank Schoonover for this edition. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original quarter white cloth, brown paper boards with pictorial paste-on. Top edge and fore-edge uncut. Illustrated by Pyle with 22 beautiful tipped-in color plates plus a profusion of black-and-white images. xviii, 346 pages. Signed by Johnson and Dowd on limitation page. Bottom margin of title wrinkled from bookplate pasted onto its verso (the copyright page), else a bright copy with no edge wear and with the white spine clean.
Seller Inventory # 12650
Bibliographic details
- Title
- HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
- Author
- Pyle, Howard; Johnson, Merle; Dowd, Francis J.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, New York
- Publication year
- 1923
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition (stated).
- Dimensions
- 12.5'' x 9.5''.
- Seller catalogs
- Golden Age
Type Punch Matrix
Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
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Seller's business information
Type Punch Matrix Inc.
1111 East West Highway, Suite 300
Silver Spring, MD U.S.A. 20910
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