Accession number
PML 187629
Creator
Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987.
Published
[Paris] : Harrison of Paris, 1932.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"This, the tenth publication of Harrison of Paris, designed by Monroe Wheeler, has been printed in Haarlem, Holland, in September 1932, by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, under the supervision of J. van Krimpen. It is the first book to be printed in Mr. van Krimpen's twelve-point Romanée type. The edition consists of 6 copies on China paper for the author, A-F; 40 copies (of which 22 are for America) on Pannekoek white pure-rag paper, signed by the author and the illustrator, I-XL; 695 copies (of which 450 are for America), on especially made cream-coloured Pannekoek paper, 1-695; and 15 copies on Japan vellum not for sale and so marked"--Page [7].
Library's copy is copy B printed for Monroe Wheeler.
Includes index.
Library's copy is copy B printed for Monroe Wheeler.
Includes index.
Description
239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in graphite on page [7]: [to Monroe Wheeler] also written for him, with the writer's love, Glenway.
Provenance
Monroe Wheeler; Carter Burden.
Binding
1/2 black morocco over violet boards with violet endpapers, in violet slipcase as issued.
Classification
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