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Near Fine. 1921. Third impression- Signed. Hardcover. 16mo in wraps, string tied, clean and unmarked, covers bright, else NFINE+. Clean and bright copy. Bound-In is a signed sheet by Bishbee (? ) Updike with an inscription: "I send an account of the Press...." . Scarce with signed notation. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

The Merrymount Press, Boston,] third impression revised 1921. Printed wrappers,. 24 pp, 6 plates. Duststained and slightly marked, otherwise Good.

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1921. Third impression, revised (first published in 1913; first illustrated in 1917); 12mo, pp. 24; largely unopened; 6 plates; original green printed wrappers; fine. While not credited, this is almost certainly designed by Daniel Berkeley Updike. Smith, Merrymount Press, p. 209.

Boston, MA: Merrymount Press, 1917. First Edition. 1st Printing.. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Near Fine. Merrymount Press, Boston, MA 1917. First Edition. 1st Printing. 24 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Books on Books::Collecting Books Books on Books::Other Business::Biographies/Histories 6572 6572

[Boston : Merrymount Press], 1917. First Edition. Paperback. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 24 pages; Description: 24 p. , [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes: Cover title. Subjects: Merrymount Press. Boston (Mass. ) --Imprints.

Boston, MA: The Merrymount Press, 1921. First Edition (presumed). Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition (presumed). Wraps. Small owner ticket of Edith Guerrier (1870-1958), noted librarian and writer. After her mother's death, she settled with her mother's family in New Bedford, Mass. The family was active in the literary circle of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and other major figures of the New England literary world. An important figure in the world of women and print. Six full page b/w photographic plates. Uncommon generally, rather scarce in the condition found here. Smith, Merrymount Bibliography, p209. Minor shelf/edge wear, discrete ownership ticket at bottom of title page (see below), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Cream paper wraps, black ink lettering and decorative elements, stitched binding. 12mo. 24pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1917. Second impression. Sewn binding. Near fine. 12mo, 24pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's sewn wraps. Most pages unopened. Binding jsut slightly loosened, but sound. Laid in is an autograph note on Merrymount Press stationery SIGNED by Daniel Berkeley ("D. B.") Updike: "C. D. Allen Esq, with the compliments of D. B. Updike." Uncommon thus.

New York: D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1900. First Edition. First Edition. LARGE FOLIO, unpaginated [2], 6, [2] leaves. Book measures 17. 5 x 12.5 inches. FINELY BOUND in quarter brown crushed morocco with five superb emblems emanating from spine bands onto the covers (over two inches), light brown paper-covered boards with calligraphic black lettering at the top. IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S STRONGLY BUILT TWO-PART BOX (paper over cardboard). The book is printed on thick card paper in red and black with the famous doubles-spread illustrated title-page and frontispiece, the latter bearing a large woodcut illustration by Goodhue, and both pages with all-over red illustrated panels also by Goodhue, along with decorative initials throughout in red, all by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869 - 1924), an American architect celebrated for his work in Gothic Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press. The… Read More