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THE DESIGN OF BOOKS.
Wilson, Adrian
First edition. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on typography, printing, paper, binding, dust jackets, etc.
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H.P.M., HAROLD PATRICK McGRATH.
by Robinson, Alan J.(editor)
First edition, limited to 210 numbered copies of which only 100 are for sale. Signed by McGrath and Robinson on colophon page. Printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress by Daniel Keleher using Cheloniidae rag paper. Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the printing career of Harold Patrick McGrath, Master Printer for the Gehenna Press, Pennyroyal Press, and Cheloniidae Press. It contains sixty recollections, reminiscences, histories, etc. from friends, family, artists, and fellow printers. Also included are four wood engravings by Leonard Baskin, six wood engravings by Barry Moser, an etched portrait, a wood engraving by Fritz Eichenberg, a two-color portrait by Lance Hidy, and four wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. The title page and two other pages have hand calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and Elizabeth Curtis. A fine production which is printed in two colors throughout.

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