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The Press of Appletree Alley: An Annotated Bibliography of Imprints : Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1981-2002
by De Klerk, Ann
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 091637534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780916375348
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley, 2002. Copper-orange cloth overboards (hardcover), gilt embossed title on spine, Paper onlay device/logo of Appletree Alley on front and rear boards, deckle edge, (10 x 6.75 inches). Limited Edition, number 17 of only 125 copies. 35, [1], pages; wood engravings printed directly from the blocks by by Barnard Taylor, George Zoretich, Anne Jope, John De Pol who also designed the press device. Book is hand-set and letter-press printed by Juanita Bishop, Gretchen Moyer, and Steven Styers. Hand bound in cloth by Don Rash. An exceptionally clean, tight copy of an exceedingly scarce title designed, printed and bound to the highest quality standards. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Octavo. Private Press.
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- Title
- The Press of Appletree Alley: An Annotated Bibliography of Imprints : Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1981-2002
- Author
- De Klerk, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091637534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780916375348
- Publisher
- The Press of Appletree Alley
- Place of Publication
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Appletree Alley; John De Pol
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Device
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
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