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A true and authentic account of the life of the distinguished bibliophile and bookseller Maxwell Hunley, esq. : as heard from his own lips / by David W. Davies.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Weather Bird 172
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, David W., 1908-1984, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunley, Maxwell, 1900-1990.
- Hunley, Maxwell.
- Antiquarian booksellers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Antiquarian booksellers.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bembo.
- Biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Interviews.
- Keepsakes.
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Gerry, Vance (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [6], 23, [3] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Place of printing not identified] : Printed by Commonwealth Printing
- Other Title:
- Maxwell Hunley in his own words
- Colophon title: Maxwell Hunley, Esq
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : The Zamorano Club, 2002.
- Contents:
- Introduction / James Lorson
- Maxwell Hunley, esq.
- Notes
- My memories of Max : an afterword / Rinard Hart.
- Notes:
- "[E]dited interview by David W. Davies"--Introduction.
- "Maxwell Hunley, esq. was designed and composed in Bembo types by Wm Erik Voss, illustrated by Vance Gerry, and printed by Commonwealth Printing. The edition is limited to 150 copies, 25 for private distribution (numbered 1-25) and 125 unnumbered for presentation to members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs at the October 2002 joint meeting ..."--Colophon.
- Title in red and black.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("iE C1322") in pencil on leaf preceding title leaf.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is one of 125 unnumbered copies of a limited edition of 150 copies. See colophon.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has illustrated bookplate of the library of Vance Gerry on page [2] of cover.
- OCLC:
- 51161564
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