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illustrations by John DePol

- (Park Ridge, NJ - various sizes - Enclosed in cardboard mailer with John DePol's hand-printed address label on front made out to Carl Schlesinger. - Order Nr. 109635 - Price: $ 150.00

A collection of illustrations by John DePol (1913-2004). Letter from DePol, dated March 15, 1989, describing the contents laid in. Letter expresses thanks for Carl Schlesinger's Mergenthaler book, referring to The Biography of Ottmar Merganthaler Inventor of the Linotype (New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1988). Contains a number of DePol works with pencilled inscriptions describing the publications for which they were produced. Advertisement for the Fifth Annual Book Arts Seminar, July 1985, at the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library laid in.

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