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Auction archive: Lot number 3

The Allen Press Bibliography

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,320
Auction archive: Lot number 3

The Allen Press Bibliography

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,320
Beschreibung:

Title: The Allen Press Bibliography Author: Allen, Lewis & Dorothy Place: Greenbrae, CA Publisher: Allen Press Date: 1981 Description: Illustrated with tipped-in samples from past printings, woodcuts, etc.; title page with vine design by Mallette Dean hand-colored by Dorothy Allen. Colors throughout the book are vermilion, blue and green. (Folio) 14x9½, decorative vermilion & beige Fortuny fabric hand-blocked in Venice, tan-brown cloth spine, slipcase. 1 of 140 copies printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. First Edition. Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 46. * Also, includes a copy of the 1985 Book Club of California facsimile edition, with original leaves from Allen Press publications tipped in, as issued, 13½x8¾, cloth, spine gilt-lettered, front cover with illustration of press in blind, 1 of 750 copies. Together, 2 volumes. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 187376

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Allen Press Bibliography Author: Allen, Lewis & Dorothy Place: Greenbrae, CA Publisher: Allen Press Date: 1981 Description: Illustrated with tipped-in samples from past printings, woodcuts, etc.; title page with vine design by Mallette Dean hand-colored by Dorothy Allen. Colors throughout the book are vermilion, blue and green. (Folio) 14x9½, decorative vermilion & beige Fortuny fabric hand-blocked in Venice, tan-brown cloth spine, slipcase. 1 of 140 copies printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. First Edition. Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 46. * Also, includes a copy of the 1985 Book Club of California facsimile edition, with original leaves from Allen Press publications tipped in, as issued, 13½x8¾, cloth, spine gilt-lettered, front cover with illustration of press in blind, 1 of 750 copies. Together, 2 volumes. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 187376

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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