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Title: The Million Charms of Empress Shotoku and Other Stories: A Collection of Tales About the Preservation of Rare Books and Documents for Your Amazement, Edification... And Enjoyment
Description: Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 30pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this collection of stories about rare books and documents restored by the well-known Chicago printer. Tipped to the front flyleaf is the signature of Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, whose tale of finding a second Button Gwinnett signature affixed to the verso of a Gwinnett document he'd purchased is here recounted. .

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