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First edition of a popular book by fine-press historian and printer, Joseph Blumenthal. Includes letters from Blumenthal to Wyman Parker, a collector of fine-press books, arranging a meeting with a lauded typographer. Blumenthal’s letters and note trace his attempts to invite the Parkers over for an “informal luncheon" so that.....
An appealing early-nineteenth century bookseller’s catalog published by the short-lived Hartford firm of Horatio Hale and Oliver Cooke, listing books and stationery supplies for sale at their shop “by the north corner of State-House Square.” The books advertised here are listed alphabetically within seven broad categories: theology and religion; law.....
Stated first edition: “This first edition of Short Stories is limited to fifteen hundred copies, privately printed for the friends of the author and her publishers as a New Year’s Greeting.” The Season’s Greeting card is from legendary editor and children’s book publisher, Margaret McEldery, one of Welty’s correspondents and.....