CON AMORE: VALENTI ANGELO. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1971-1982.
With Reminiscences by his Friends. Introduction and illustrations by Valenti Angelo Plasmati. Edited by James Linden.
- San Francisco: Linden Editions, 1992.
- oblong small 8vo.
- quarter red leather, with handmade Fabriano Roma endpapers, gilt on spine, slipcase with paper spine label
- 131 pages
Price: $2,000.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 141880
Limited to 100 copies of which 85 were for sale. This copy is one of XII roman numeral copies bound thus and contains two additional printing specimens by Angelo loosely inserted into their own paper folder. Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in near fine slipcase. Color photo of Angelo tipped-in at back.
"Subscriber's Copy" with a printed folder containing a signed eulogy by James Linden printed in 1982, laid in. A nice tribute to the great Valenti Angelo, with a 74 item bibliographical appendix by Linden (expanded after the 1976 Book Club of California Angelo bibliography work), and contributions by his daughter and numerous other informed admirers. Of the subscribers for this book upon publication was Oak Knoll's Robert D. Fleck, Jr.
Provenance: this copy was for Charles P. Gould, whom was a subscriber for the deluxe edition upon publication.