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Title: Willard Samuel Morse: A Great Collector
Description: Printed for Dawson's Book Shop by The Ward Ritchie Press, 1939. 1939. Printed for Dawson's Book Shop by The Ward Ritchie Press, 1939. 1939. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped. 12 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. Near fine.

Limited edition of 250 copies, of which 50 were for presentation to members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles.

The frontispiece is a reproduction of Morse's bookplate designed by Howard Pyle which appeared in each book in his collection. In addition, a book label for the particular collection to which the item belonged with ruled lines for bibliographical information was tipped in at the rear of each book. An actual specimen of one of these labels is tipped onto the rear inside wrap. The label is this copy is for "First Editions / Manuscripts, Etc." . Fine .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOK COLLECTING; BOOK COLLECTOR; WILLARD SAMUEL MORSE: A GREAT COLLECTOR; HENRY R. WAGNER; BOOKPLATE; BOOK LABEL; FINE PRESS; WARD RITCHIE PRESS.

Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 15625

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