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The banks of the Sacremento (sic) : a sea chantey : reprinted from the broadside printed at The Cuala Press of Dublin, Ireland, November, mcmxi / with a new introduction by R.G. Barnes ; the illustration by Jack Yeats has been hand-colored by Albert Sperisen in the manner of the original.

LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Grabhorn Press 61
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957, illustrator.
Sperisen, Albert, 1908-1999, colorist.
Barnes, R. G. (Richard G.), 1932-2000, writer of introduction.
Mitau, Martin, 1900-1973, publisher.
Bransten, Joseph, publisher.
Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, honoree.
Zamorano Club, honoree.
Grabhorn-Hoyem (Firm), printer.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sea songs.
Genre:
Private press books (Printing)
Limitation statements (Publishing)
Deckled edges (Paper)
Untrimmed edges (Binding)
Wrappers (Binding)
Illustrated works.
Poems.
Penn Provenance:
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Physical Description:
[16] pages : 1 color illustration ; 20 cm
Manufacture:
[San Francisco] : Printed ... by Grabhorn-Hoyem of San Francisco, in September 1972.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Printed for Martin S. Mitau and Joseph Bransten, [1972]
Notes:
The word "sic" is printed in square brackets in title.
"Printed for Martin S. Mitau and Joseph Bransten as a Keepsake for their friends in the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their joint meeting in San Francisco, September, Mcmlxxii"--Title leaf..
"175 copies printed for Joseph Bransten, Martin Mitau, and Albert Sperisen by Grabhorn-Hoyem of San Francisco in September, 1972"--Colophon..
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in gray paper wrappers; printed paper label with title within border of type ornaments on front wrapper; deckled edges, untrimmed.
OCLC:
20467707

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