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The First Ten: A Penmaen Bibliography
by PEICH, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln: The Penmaen Press, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, deluxe issue. Compiled and edited by Michael Peich. Afterword by Michael McCurdy. Octavo. 34, [20]pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, and reproducing black-and-white photographs, facsimile title pages, etc. Blue cloth stamped in blind. Spine is lightly sunned else a near fine copy in publisher's cloth-covered slipcase box with some sunning. Deluxe edition, limited to 100 numbered copies Signed by Michael Peich, Michael McCurdy, Penelope Reid, Ann K. Russo, Deborah McCurdy, and Robert Hauser as issued, from a total edition of 600 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 521115
- Title
- The First Ten: A Penmaen Bibliography
- Author
- PEICH, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Penmaen Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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