Limited Edition of 225 copies; hand stitched binding slightly loose; signed by author in pencil on colophon page at rear; printed, bound, and marbled by Thrift; samples of hand marbled paper through out the text; 12mo; with 38 pages; included with this volume all contained in a near fine bespoke slip case is the following: as new 16mo book by Sheldon Wesson, The Lucky Dog Printer Tim Thrift, 1959, The River Hill Press, Shippenville, Pennsylvania, designed and printed by Robert J. Jaskovski in Limited Edition of 120 copies with this copy #87; also included is a good franked (stamped and dated) envelope with printed return address The River Hill Press, Robert J. Jaskovski, Printer, the envelope includes a franked 1947 postcard announcing Tim Thrift's death, a dated 1959 typed letter on The River Hill Press letter head and signed byJaskovski to Paul A. Bennett, Typographic Promation Manager of Mergenthaler Linotype Company inquiring for information, Bennett's reply as a 1959 dated carbon copy included, two 16mo pamphlets The Type Speaks by Frederic W. Goudy and The Riverhill Printer No.11 May 1959, entitled My Collection of Private Press Books by Robert J. Jaskovski.

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Title: Modern Methods in Marbling Paper: A Treatise for the Layman on the Art of Marbling Paper for Bookbinding and Other Decorative Uses, Including a Description of Several Practical Methods, With Illustrative Samples of Marbled Effects
Publisher: The Lucky Dog Press, Winchester, Massachusetts
Publication Date: 1945
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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