Henry Morris; Lili Wronker (illus.)
The Private Press-Man's Tale, 1990
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press
One of 230 copies, this one with a handwritten letter from Morris.
3015
Quarto. 64pp. A miscellany of amusing satires on many aspects of the world of fine printing, with cartoon-like line drawings. Printed in three colors. Fine in gold and brown printed...
Quarto. 64pp. A miscellany of amusing satires on many aspects of the world of fine printing, with cartoon-like line drawings. Printed in three colors. Fine in gold and brown printed boards backed in cloth, with leather spine label. Prospectus and original sales receipt laid in, along with a letter from Morris to the book's purchaser thanking him for his compliments on the book and discussing his difficulties writing doggerel verse, among other chatty comments. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A48).
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