An invocation / by Ambrose Bierce ; with a critical introduction by George Sterling ; and an explanation by Oscar Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?, author.

Contributor:

Sterling, George, 1869-1926, writer of introduction.

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, writer of supplementary textual content.

Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947, printer.

Book Club of California, patron.

Moulin d'Arches, papermaker.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fourth of July orations.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Marbled papers (Binding)

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bauer Bodoni.

Arches (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 13 pages ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash, 1928.

Notes:

"Of this book three hundred copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California."--Title page verso.

Printed from Bauer Bodoni type on Arches paper. Bound in marbled cloth boards.

"An editorial from San Francisco examiner": pages 9-13.

Letterpress printed by John Henry Nash.

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 has number 109. Prospectus laid in.

Cited in:

O'Day, N.A catalogue of books printed by John Henry Nash, pages 57-58

OCLC:

3086876