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GOUDY GAUDEAMUS, IN CELEBRATION ...

- N.P. : Marchbanks Press 1939 - tall 12mo. - cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, others uncut. - Not paginated. - Order Nr. 109179 - Price: $ 260.00

First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies. Designed and stenciled by Lucina Wakefield. Beautifully printed under the guidance of Edna Beilenson, Evelyn Harter, Emily Connor and Fanny Duschnes with many plates in color including some foldouts. Produced by "The Distaff Side." Each signature was printed by a different press. Includes work by Christopher Morley, D.B. Updike, and others. Includes the special birthday broadside tipped-in to the front. Rubbed along edges.

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ELEMENTS OF LETTERING by Goudy, Frederic W. First edition. (Appleton p.27). Set by Bertha Goudy at the Village Press. 13 plates. A landmark book. Signed and dated by Goudy and on colophon page. Slipcase is defective, yet intact, with piece missing along top and is tape repaired. Former owner has signed this copy on the free endpaper. Well preserved copy of this landmark book with chipped original glassine wrappers.