A Few Sentences from the Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson.
by ADAGIO PRESS. STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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About This Item
Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio: The Private Press of Leobard Bahr, 1970. One of about 300 copies. A selection of quotations from the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Text and decorative ornaments and initials printed in black and brown. 16mo., [9.5 x 17.5 cms], original sewn brown paper wrappers printed in black. A very good example.||Together with 2 other pieces of Adagio Press ephemera:
1. ‘A Gathering of Typographic Odds and Ends rescued from sundry sources and now protected in the cases at the Adagio Press’, 1970. One of about 200 copies. 16mo., [9.5 x 17.5 cms], original printed cream stapled wrappers. 15 pages of beautifully printed typographic ornaments.
2. ‘A select checklist of the books, pamphlets and folders’, 1971. Single pale green sheet [13.5 x 21.5 cms] printed in red and black, listing previously published works and works in progress by the Adagio Press.| Adagio Press ephemera
1. ‘A Gathering of Typographic Odds and Ends rescued from sundry sources and now protected in the cases at the Adagio Press’, 1970. One of about 200 copies. 16mo., [9.5 x 17.5 cms], original printed cream stapled wrappers. 15 pages of beautifully printed typographic ornaments.
2. ‘A select checklist of the books, pamphlets and folders’, 1971. Single pale green sheet [13.5 x 21.5 cms] printed in red and black, listing previously published works and works in progress by the Adagio Press.| Adagio Press ephemera
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- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Few Sentences from the Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Author
- ADAGIO PRESS. STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Adagio: The Private Press of Leobard Bahr
- Place of Publication
- Harper Woods, Michigan
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Adagio Press;Robert Louis Stevenson;Typography; Book,Printing & Typography
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- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...