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Tales & fables / by William Hjortsberg.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Weather Bird 145
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hjortsberg, William, 1941- author, autographer.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American--20th century.
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Mould-made papers (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Fournier.
- Slipcases (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Authors' autographs (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Hjortsberg, William, 1941- (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [16], 9-80, [2] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Tales and fables
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985.
- Contents:
- The tattooed bride
- Crabs
- The missionary, the mongoose and the mumu
- Bad karma
- The gunfighter and the flea
- The rattlesnake convention
- Happily ever after
- The most beautiful baby in the world
- The cut purse
- Whipping boy.
- Notes:
- Publisher's name appears before place of publication in imprint.
- "First published by Stathis Orphanos & Ralph Sylvester in a limited edition of 330 copies. Three hundred are numbered, twenty-six lettered, and four bear the printed name of a recipient Illustrations by Vance Gerry The text is set in Fournier types The paper is Arches Mouldmade All copies are signed by the author Printed by Patrick Reagh"--Colophon.
- Text printed in red and black.
- Issued in slipcase.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 50 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 330 copies signed by the author of which 300 are numbered. See colophon.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1428 AFFo") in pencil on front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: fore-edges (many deckled) untrimmed; slip case retained.
- OCLC:
- 16978479
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