San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark beige cloth and tan boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Very good. Unpaginated, 8 leaves. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Pastedown front cover label noting "This volume has been made specially for Porter Garnett.......February 1929," with hand written inscription on free endpaper, "and Haywood H. Hunt wishes to be remembered by Porter Garnett, who has done much to increase love and production of fine printing." Tipped-in frontispiece of John Henry Nash. A tribute to Nash printed at the request of Perry R. Long, while chairman of the Educational Commission of International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. Laid-in, the business card of Haywood H. Hunt and stationary of the Pacific Society Of Printing House Craftsmen. Fresh copy, covers a trifle dusty.

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Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20583
Title: John Henry Nash The Aldus of San Francisco
Author: O'Day, Edward F
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Orig. dark beige cloth and tan boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: San Francisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1928
Keywords: Printing
Bookseller catalogs: Private Press; California;

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