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D. B. U. and R. R. Selected Extracts from Correspondence Between Daniel Berkeley Updike and Rudolph Ruzicka, 1908-1941
by [Private Press] Updike, Daniel Berkeley and Rudolph Ruzicka | edited by Edward Connery Lathem and Elizabeth Frech Lathem; designed by Roderick Stinehour
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- Signed
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- Condition
- Near Fine binding
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About This Item
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto. [2], vi, 182, [6] pp., plates, illus. Limited edition, number 50 of 50 special copies from a full edition of 500. Signed by the designer, Stinehour on the limitation page. As issued in marbled paper boards with cloth shelf-back and gold-stamped paper label on the spine. Two hinged in facsimiles found in all copies as well as several in-text illustrations (some full page). Additionally, there are three specimens, two are bifolia and one single sheet are hinged in at the back in a section "Limited Issue Supplement" found only in this special edition of 50 copies. Fascinating correspondence by two larger than life figures in the early 20th century. A beautiful copy with only a bit of foxing to the fore-edge. From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard with his small label on the rear pastedown.
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- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7355
- Title
- D. B. U. and R. R. Selected Extracts from Correspondence Between Daniel Berkeley Updike and Rudolph Ruzicka, 1908-1941
- Author
- [Private Press] Updike, Daniel Berkeley and Rudolph Ruzicka | edited by Edward Connery Lathem and Elizabeth Frech Lathem; designed by Roderick Stinehour
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- American Printing History Association
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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