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Another book that never was : William Morris, Charles Gere, The house of the Wolfings / by Peter Stansky.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stansky, Peter, 1932- author.
- Series:
- Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 209.
- Publication ; no. 209
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morris, William, 1834-1896. Tale of the house of the Wolfings and all the kindreds of the mark.
- Morris, William.
- Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869-1957.
- Gere, Charles M.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896--Illustrations.
- Kelmscott Press.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Tale of the house of the Wolfings and all the kindreds of the mark (Morris, William).
- Drawing, English--19th century.
- Drawing, English.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Cloister.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Nicholas Cochin Black.
- Decorated paper bindings (Binding)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [6], 46, [2] pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm
- Manufacture:
- Covelo, California : Printed at the Yolla Bolly Press
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1998.
- Notes:
- Publisher's name appears before place of publication in imprint.
- "This book is limited to 350 copies. It was designed by Christine Taylor. Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services of Oakland, California, composed the type in Cloister with Nicholas Cochin Black display. It was printed at The Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, California, on Mohawk Superfine paper and bound by Cardoza-James with Iris cloth and Fabriano side and end sheets."--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C.1561 ANC") in pencil on blank leaf following front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- OCLC:
- 40906008
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