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by [Amateur Press]: Corell, John J. [printer & publisher]
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Mount Washington, MA.: The Careless Press, August 1933, [December?] 1937, and [December?] 1938. Whole numbers two, five and eight of (approximately 21 numbers published). Uniform 4pp. leaflets (19.5 x 14cm) on varied colored paper stock. Typographic decorations and illustrations. Fine. Three early issues of this spritely annual paper, a self-denoted "attempt in the manner of Amateur Journalists of the '70s when 'Pop was a Boy Like Me' and each issue An Enchiridion Of Type, Borders, Cuts, et cetera ...." This personal undertaking mirrors its predecessor, "The Busy Idler," an 1876 one- shot fund-raising paper sold at the Mount Washington Fair, enabled by Corell's acquisition in 1931 of a 7 x ll" Pearl printing press and his persistent hunt for and acquisition from a wide range of sources of old type and illustrative cuts. While numbers 5 and 8 do not specify their months of publication, they both include a Christmas Greeting. OCLC records appearance through at least a 21st number, published in 1953.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88396
- Title
- YE OCCASIONAL IDLER ...
- Author
- [Amateur Press]: Corell, John J. [printer & publisher]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Careless Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Washington, MA.
- Date Published
- August 1933, [December?] 1937, a
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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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