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Francestown: Typographeum, 2000. Limited private press edition. First edition.. Wrappers. Fine copy. 28 pp. sewn into tan paper wrappers with a printed label on front cover. 120 copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. The author tells an amusing, punning tale in the form of a dialogue which is full of bookselling and book-related terms. Each of these is defined at the end.

2000. Signed / Limited edition of 120 copies. Francestown, Typographeum, 2000. 24,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Don Bell was a writer, a book collector, and a columnist for Books in Canada. He passed away in Montreal on March 6, 2003. Don's legendary book "Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory" won the 1973 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. (Vehiculepress).