Accession number
PML 187631
Creator
Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987.
Published
[Paris] : Harrison of Paris, 1932.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition.
"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].
Lirbary's copy is copy NOT FOR SALE.
Includes index.
"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].
Lirbary's copy is copy NOT FOR SALE.
Includes index.
Description
239 pages : illustrations ; 22.9 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's and illustrator's signatures in ink on page [7] as issued.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
1/2 burnt orange vellum over black boards with spine printed in black and gilt, with black endpapers, with top edge in gilt, in brown board slipcase as issued.
Classification
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