The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson. A Bibliography with Commentary. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson
by WILSON, Adrian
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Tipped-in photographic frontis. port. by Ansel Adams, numerous inserted specimens & facsimiles, 2 tipped-in photographs, & text illus. Large folio, orig. morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. Limited to 325 numbered copies, printed on Barcham Green handmade paper in Centaur, Arrighi, and Palatino types. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the Press in Tuscany Alley. This extremely handsome bibliography fully describes 196 books designed and/or printed by Adrian Wilson. The author's "autobiographical interludes" interspersed throughout neatly link the bibliographical entries one to another and provide a colorful background to the discussion of the books. Fine copy.
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- The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson. A Bibliography with Commentary. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson
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- WILSON, Adrian
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