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NEW COLOPHON, A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. V I, PT 4.

- New York : Duschnes Crawford, Inc. 1948 - 4to. - paper-covered boards. - (iv), 321-427+(1) pages. - ISBN none / Order Nr. 45456 - Price: $ 45.00

Some advice to collectors, "The Pinchpenny Bibliophile," by Barrows Mussey, "Rudyard Kipling: Two Footnotes," by DeLancey Ferguson, and Mr. Thoreau Writes a Book," by James Playsted Wood are some of the articles included. Also, to honor the 150th anniversary of lithography, a lithograph by Benton Spruance depicting a rural scene in Bucks County, tipped in and signed by the artist. Index to Volume I. Remnants of paper label removed from front pastedown and free endpaper.

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THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPIN... by De Vinne, Theodore Low Second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 167). Illustrated with many facsimiles of early types and woodcuts. Some of the illustrations are in color. A very important book in the study of early printing. Wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Well-preserved copy.