Marriage today and tomorrow / this first edition, written and signed by Havelock Ellis, has been printed by The Grabhorn Press & published by The Westgate Press, San Francisco in December, 1929.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939, author, autographer.

Contributor:

Krimpen, Jan van, 1892-1958, type designer.

Westgate Press, publisher.

Grabhorn Press, printer.

Arnold & Foster, Ltd., papermaker.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Lutetia.

Case bindings (Binding)

Dust jackets (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Essays.

Authors' autographs (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59) (Grabhorn Press 60))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59) (Grabhorn Press 60))

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59) (Grabhorn Press 60))

Physical Description:

[6], 30 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : Printed by The Grabhorn Press & published by The Westgate Press, San Francisco, in December 1929.

Notes:

"This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is copy number [blank]"--Preliminary page [5].

"Title printed in black and red; caption and pagination red. Type Lutetia, handset; paper Unbleached Arnold. Bound in orange boards with black cloth back; front and back covers decorated in gold; title in gold on back. Issued in dust wrappers."--Heller.

Deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Grabhorn Press 59 & 60) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59) is number 235 (the copy number supplied in manuscript in red ink) of a limited edition of 500 copies. See preliminary page [5].

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59): most leaves unopened at head edge.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 59): dust jacket retained.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 60) is number 428 (the copy number supplied in manuscript in red ink) of a limited edition of 500 copies. See preliminary page [5].

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 60): most leaves unopened at head edge.

Cited in:

Heller, E.R. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 128

OCLC:

1709031