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BRUCE ROGERS, A LIFE IN LETTERS 1870-1957.
Blumenthal, Joseph
With a foreword by John Dreyfus.

- Austin : W. Thomas Taylor (1989) - small 4to. - quarter black leather with patterned paper-covered boards, red leather spine label - xvii, 215 pages. - Order Nr. 54494 - Price: $ 350.00

First edition, limited to 2125 copies, of which this is one the 125 specially bound copies signed by the author. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Has 57 plates printed with a number in two colors. Prospectus loosely inserted as is the invitation to subscribers for the special edition and a letter of apology from the printer.

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