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The touch of the master's hand / by Myra Brooks Welch.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Valenti Angelo 32
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welch, Myra Brooks, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian poetry.
- Violin--Poetry.
- Violin.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Slipcases (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Poems.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Volk, Kurt H. (Kurt Hans), 1883-1962 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Overbay, Arthur (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [12] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Printed ... by Kurt H. Volk, 1940.
- Summary:
- At an auction, an old, battered violin receives scant attention until a kindly violinist sees its worth and in playing it, calls forth beautiful music. That is likened to the worth of a soul and the change that's wrought by the touch of the Master's hand.
- Notes:
- "This beautiful poem was privately printed in this fashion by Kurt H. Volk as a keepsake for his many friends by special permission of the author Myra Brooks Welch Illustrated by Valenti Angelo 1940 Copy no. [blank]"--Colophon.
- Deckled edges.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Valenti Angelo 31 & 32) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Valenti Angelo 31) is copy number 233 (the copy number supplied in manuscript). See colophon.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Valenti Angelo 31) housed in slip case.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Valenti Angelo 32) is copy number 318 (the copy number supplied in manuscript). See colophon.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Valenti Angelo 32) has manuscript presentation inscription ("Kurt H. Volk To my friend Arthur Overbay") at colophon.
- OCLC:
- 13337914
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