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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Walter Hart Blumenthal, Formats and Foibles. A Few Books Which Might Be Called Curious, 1956

Walter Hart Blumenthal

Formats and Foibles. A Few Books Which Might Be Called Curious, 1956
2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.
6 x 4.8 cm.
Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge
One of 300 copies.
2515
$ 150.00
Walter Hart Blumenthal, Formats and Foibles. A Few Books Which Might Be Called Curious, 1956
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105pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Musings on the meaning of the word 'book,' with many unusual examples of books that test the limits of definition. Handsomely bound by Sangorski...
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105pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Musings on the meaning of the word "book," with many unusual examples of books that test the limits of definition. Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in red morocco with pictorial gilt decoration. A.e.g. Very fine. (2 3/8 by 1 7/8; 61x47mm).
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