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American Iron Hand Presses
by Saxe, Stephen O
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Case bound in imported natural linen with a brown leather spine. Fine
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About This Item
[Council Oaks, Iowa]: Yellow Barn Press and The Library-Madison Campus Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1991. First Edition, 140 of 180 copies, signed by author and artist on Rives paper. Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by John DePol. xii, 108, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Case bound in imported natural linen with a brown leather spine. Fine. First Edition, 140 of 180 copies, signed by author and artist on Rives paper. Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by John DePol. xii, 108, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246591
- Title
- American Iron Hand Presses
- Author
- Saxe, Stephen O
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by John DePol. xii, 108, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Case bound in imported natural linen with a brown leather spine. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 140 of 180 copies, signed by author and artist on
- Publisher
- Yellow Barn Press and The Library-Madison Campus Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Place of Publication
- [Council Oaks, Iowa]
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press;
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