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by SPIRAL PRESS. BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Croton Falls, New York: Spiral Press, 1932. No. 9 of only 100 copies. Set in Emerson type and printed on Maidstone handmade English paper at the Spiral Press. Pp. 28. 8vo., original brown buckram by Robert Franck, red morocco title label lettered in gilt to spine, fore and lower edges uncut, housed in original brown cloth and card slipcase. Slight rubbing to spine label and extremities of slipcase, spine mildly darkened, otherwise a good copy.||With the book labels of Albert Parsons Sachs and Harold Corbin, and the tipped-in bookplate of Robert Sutter.
Inscribed on the colophon by Blumenthal twice, once ‘for Bob Sutter, December 1949, from Joseph Blumenthal’ in ink and once, ‘for Harold’, with details of the printing of this edition: ‘this book gave Emerson type its name – the title and initial letter I designed – the book and slip were done by hand by Peter Franck. The paper is “Maidstone” handmade in England. The sheets were hung to dry in our attic by Ann (my wife) at Croton Falls – inscribed with great pleasure, Joseph Blumenthal’.|Cronenwett, The Spiral Press [192-1971] A Bibliographical Checklist, 38 One of only 100 copies, warmly inscribed on two different occasions by Joseph Blumenthal
Inscribed on the colophon by Blumenthal twice, once ‘for Bob Sutter, December 1949, from Joseph Blumenthal’ in ink and once, ‘for Harold’, with details of the printing of this edition: ‘this book gave Emerson type its name – the title and initial letter I designed – the book and slip were done by hand by Peter Franck. The paper is “Maidstone” handmade in England. The sheets were hung to dry in our attic by Ann (my wife) at Croton Falls – inscribed with great pleasure, Joseph Blumenthal’.|Cronenwett, The Spiral Press [192-1971] A Bibliographical Checklist, 38 One of only 100 copies, warmly inscribed on two different occasions by Joseph Blumenthal
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8500
- Title
- Nature.
- Author
- SPIRAL PRESS. BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Spiral Press
- Place of Publication
- Croton Falls, New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Spiral Press;Joseph Blumenthal;Ralph Waldo Emerson;Essays Book,Private Press
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine Label
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- New
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- Spine
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- Colophon
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- Inscribed
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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