San Francisco: Privately printed for Alfred Sutro by The Grabhorn Press, 1936 One of 250 copies. Presentation inscription, signed by Alfred Sutro to Carl I. Wheat and with Wheat's small hand-printed bookplate. Quarto. vi, 16pp. Handset Bauer Bodoni type. Facsimile manuscript leaf tipped-in. Blue boards, tan cloth back; white paper spine label printed in black. A fine copy. The story behind a previously unidentified manuscript poem and the unique poetry competition held at Bath, England in the late 1700's. From the personal collection of author/historian Carl I. Wheat. [Grabhorn: 246]..

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Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6393
Title: The Batheaston Parnassus Fairs. A Manuscript Identified.
Author: Sutro, Alfred
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Privately printed for Alfred Sutro by The Grabhorn Press
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1936
Keywords: Carl Wheat Private Printing Press Books British Poetry Bath England

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The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers\' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by.

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