John Henry Nash Printer: Legend and Fact in the Development of a Fine Press Intimately Reviewed - inscribed to William Wilke Author: Fauntleroy, Joseph Place: Oakland, California Publisher: The Westgate Press Date: 1948 Description: With tipped-in photogravure portraits. (8vo) linen and decorative Japanese paper over boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed. No. 114 of 235 copies printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy, and Joseph Fauntleroy on handmade paper specially watermarked with Nash's name. This copy inscribed to artist William Wilke by Fauntleroy beneath the portrait frontispiece of the author. William Wilke's decorative ownership signature is on the front pastedown. Artist William Wilke was raised in San Francisco's Mission District and studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Arthur Mathews. During the 1930s he worked with famed printer John Henry Nash Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to binding with some spotting to spine cloth; a bit of offsetting to endpapers; very good. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 339835
John Henry Nash Printer: Legend and Fact in the Development of a Fine Press Intimately Reviewed - inscribed to William Wilke Author: Fauntleroy, Joseph Place: Oakland, California Publisher: The Westgate Press Date: 1948 Description: With tipped-in photogravure portraits. (8vo) linen and decorative Japanese paper over boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed. No. 114 of 235 copies printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy, and Joseph Fauntleroy on handmade paper specially watermarked with Nash's name. This copy inscribed to artist William Wilke by Fauntleroy beneath the portrait frontispiece of the author. William Wilke's decorative ownership signature is on the front pastedown. Artist William Wilke was raised in San Francisco's Mission District and studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Arthur Mathews. During the 1930s he worked with famed printer John Henry Nash Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to binding with some spotting to spine cloth; a bit of offsetting to endpapers; very good. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 339835
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