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Two against the tide : a conscientious objector in World War II : selected letters, 1941-1948 / by Adrian Wilson ; edited and with commentary by Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1734
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Adrian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, Adrian--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Adrian.
- Conscientious objectors--United States.
- Conscientious objectors.
- Printers--United States--Biography.
- Printers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Personal narratives
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Personal narratives -- American
- Personal correspondence
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Paste papers -- 20th century.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Ehrhardt.
- Frankfurt (Paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, [2], 198, [2] pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Two against the tide : a conscientious objector in World War two : selected letters, 1941-1948
- Conscientious objector in World War II : selected letters, 1941-1948
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, Texas : W. Thomas Taylor, [1990]
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Middletown
- Big Flats
- Trenton
- Minneapolis
- Waldport
- At large
- San Francisco
- Epilogue
- Index.
- Notes:
- "'Two against the tide' has been printed from Monotype Ehrhardt on acid-free paper and produced in an edition of 850 copies at the press of W. Thomas Taylor. An additional 60 copies have been printed on Frankfurt cream mouldmade paper and bound in quarter linen with handmade paste-paper sides by BookLab in Austin, Texas. The calligraphy is by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon
- Case bound in turquoise cloth over boards with title label on spine. Red and yellow headbands stuck on.
- Includes index (pages [193]-198).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is one of 60.
- ISBN:
- 0935072195
- 9780935072198
- OCLC:
- 22205571
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