A Tragedy in Printer's Ink
by Irwin, Wallace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Taylor, Nash & Taylor, 1913. Quarter tan cloth over blue paper boards, printed title label on front board, (9.5 x 7.75 inches). Unpaginated [10], [1] pages; color frontis by Herbert Morton Stoops. Full title: A Tragedy in Printer's Ink to which are added a few Quotations taken from Letters and Magazines Commenting on Good Printing. One of a SPECIAL EDITION of only 150 copies printed on Kelmscott Handmade Paper. Boards show some faint toning at edges, internally clean and bright. Provenance: library stamp of Jon. R. Kelly at top of front free endpage. A desirable SCARCE title. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Herbert Morton Stoops. Tall Octavo. Private Press.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005774
- Title
- A Tragedy in Printer's Ink
- Author
- Irwin, Wallace
- Illustrator
- Herbert Morton Stoops
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Taylor, Nash & Taylor
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- Tall Octavo
- Keywords
- Typography; Kelmscott
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