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A VISIT WITH DR. R.
by [Rosenbach, A.S.W.] Dawson, Ernest
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- Condition
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Privately Printed [at the Private Press of Muir Dawson], 1948.. [16]pp. plus endsheets. 12mo. (15.5 x 11.5 cm). Plain stiff wrapper, printed label. About fine. First edition, the special issue of 30 copies for members of the Rounce & Coffin Club. There were also 120 copies for regular distribution. An anecdotal account of a visit to Rosenbach at his grandiloquent prime by the founder of Dawson's Book Shop. There were at least two subsequent editions formatted as miniatures. Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88390
- Title
- A VISIT WITH DR. R.
- Author
- [Rosenbach, A.S.W.] Dawson, Ernest
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed [at the Private Press of Muir Dawson]
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1948.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Fine
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