Variations and Quotations
by Ritchie, Ward, [comp.]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
[Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Verde Imprenta], 1990 One of fifty copies printed by Ward Ritchie. Bound by Joseph D'Ambrosio in quarter natural linen over pale yellow boards with geometric cutouts. Paper label with title printed in black. Blue endpapers. . Octavo. With eighteen color-printed geometric illustrations, each paired with a brief quotation, and a title-page vignette. Printed on an Albion handpress. Minor offsetting to a couple leaves. A fine copy of Ritchie's last major work. The quotations include "When the answers are simple you hear God thinking" (Albert Einstein), "Moment by moment the present becomes the past" (Thornton Wilder), and "Memory is hunger" (Ernest Hemingway). The final quotation is "It was a grand adventure, I am content" (William Addison Dwiggins).
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17619
- Title
- Variations and Quotations
- Author
- Ritchie, Ward, [comp.]
- Format/Binding
- Bound by Joseph D'Ambrosio in quarter natural linen over pale yellow boards with geometric cutouts. Paper label with title print
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of fifty copies printed by Ward Ritchie
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Laguna Verde Imprenta],
- Place of Publication
- [Laguna Beach, California:
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- [20] pp
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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