Author: Hopkins, Frank E
Title: The de Vinne & Marion Presses: A Chapter from the Autobiography of Frank E. Hopkins
Description: Meriden, CT: The Columbiad Club, 1936. 1936. Meriden, CT: The Columbiad Club, 1936. 1936. Very good. - Octavo, marbled green, gray & cream paper covered boards backed with green cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened & there is a light glue mark where a label has been removed from the tail of the spine. Title, [1] leaf, [ii] & 61 pages plus colophon. The inner edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are slightly darkened. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Very good.

Limited edition of 315 numbered copies printed at the Timothy Press, Meriden, Conn. The illustrations are collotype reproductions by the Meriden Gravure Company.

From the library of bookman Frederic Melcher with his book label on the front pastedown & with his pencil underlinings on a couple of pages. Very good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; PRESSES; DE VINNE PRESS; MARION PRESS; FRANK E. HOPKINS; PLATES; FREDERIC MELCHER; LIMITED EDITION.

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