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Jane Grabhorn: The Roguish Printer of the Jumbo Press
by (GRABHORN, JANE, PRINTER). Ritchie, Ward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Spine a trifle faded; fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
[Laguna Beach, Ca.:] Laguna Verde Imprenta, [1985], 1985. First edition, one of "some" 70 copies. Spine a trifle faded; fine copy.. 8vo, quarter blue morocco, decorated paper boards, gilt lettering. Color illustrations and facsimiles of Jane Grabhorn's work. A charming book about the printer Jane Grabhorn based on a talk by the printer Ward Ritchie which he gave as part of the Goudy Lecture series at Scripps College, Claremont, California. Ritchie later converted his talk into this book, the 25th publication of his Laguna Verde Imprenta. This copy, unlike many, is signed by Ritchie on the colophon page with a small ink notation below "WR 25." The colophon states "Perhaps some seventy copies have survived this printing by Ward Ritchie on the Albion hand press of Laguna Verde Imprenta . . ."
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28897
- Title
- Jane Grabhorn: The Roguish Printer of the Jumbo Press
- Author
- (GRABHORN, JANE, PRINTER). Ritchie, Ward
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine a trifle faded; fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, one of "some" 70 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Laguna Beach, Ca.:] Laguna Verde Imprenta, [1985]
- Date Published
- 1985
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- First Edition
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