THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Peich, Michael. (Michael McCurdy.)
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Bay City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full blue cloth with publisher's blue cloth slipcase. Additionally laid in is a woodcut, signed and numbered by McCurdy. Both the additional woodcut and the book are numbered 62/100. The colophon page is signed by six of "those Penmaen associates present at the Press's celebration of its first ten years." Peich and McCurdy are among the six signatures. The text of the book traces the history of Penmaen Press, compiled by Michael Peich, and with an Afterword by Michael McCurdy. There are also several photographs of the press's work, and of friends of the press, including Allen Ginsberg, Richard Eberhart, and others. Very lightly sunned along spine, else fine.
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- Bookseller
- Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4181
- Title
- THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Peich, Michael. (Michael McCurdy.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Penmaen Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, MA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- fine press reference signed limited
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Limited Editions;
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About the Seller
Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2005
Bay City, Michigan
About Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)
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