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A certain young man of Assisi / by May E. Southworth ; with illustrations by Will Wilke.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection John Henry Nash 11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Southworth, May E. (May Elizabeth), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Francis.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Fine press books.
- Private press books.
- Limitation statements.
- Deckled edges.
- Type evidence -- Bulmer.
- Case bindings.
- Marbled paper bindings.
- Paper binding labels.
- Untrimmed edges.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [2], x, 226, [1] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Imprinted by John Henry Nash, 1934.
- Notes:
- "Of this book six hundred and fifty copies were printed by John Henry Nash of San Francisco for May E. Southworth.This copy is No. [blank]"--Colophon.
- "Title vignette, monogram of JHN. Initials. Bulmer roman and italic type. Van Gelder paper. Bound in marbled boards, with linen back. Paper label, ruled, decorated and lettered in black on back."--O'Day.
- Deckled edges (fore- and tail edges untrimmed).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 518 (the copy number supplied in manuscript in red ink) of a limited edition of 650 copies. See colophon.
- Cited in:
- O'Day, N. Catalogue of books printed by John Henry Nash, page 84
- OCLC:
- 6748756
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