Ward Ritchie: A Superannuated Printer's Anecdotage.
by RITCHIE, Ward
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- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Austin: Press at the Humanities Research Center, 1986. First edition. One of 100 copies. Octavo. 25, [1, colophon] pp. Original photograph of Ward Ritchie tipped-in as frontispiece. Publisher's cream wrappers with Ward Ritchie stamped in blind on front. A pristine copy.Reminiscences of the well-beloved LA book designer/printer Ward Ritchie, taken from a lecture he presented at the Austin Wayzgoose Banquet in 1986. This is the first publication of the Humanities Research Center and was printed by Carol Kent.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71324
- Title
- Ward Ritchie: A Superannuated Printer's Anecdotage.
- Author
- RITCHIE, Ward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Press at the Humanities Research Center
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 1986
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Wrappers
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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