Red on purple : a dream of the ancient world / by Albin Eiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eiger, Albin, 1895-1971, author.

Contributor:

Wattle Grove Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Fiction.

Rome.

1961.

Fine books.

Rome (Empire).

Tasmania.

Local Subjects:

1961.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Specimens.

Japanese sewing (Binding) -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Newnham -- 20th century.

Printers' devices (Printing) -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Newnham -- 20th century.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

lxix, [3] pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[Newnham, Tasmania] : Wattle Grove Press, [1961]

Notes:

Limited edition of 300, signed A.E.

Binding: quarter black paper, plain card printed in red, purple and black, side-sewn with purple cord.

Errata slip pasted in.

Printer's device on preliminary leaf.

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 205. Laid in is an airmail letter from publisher to previous owner of the book.

OCLC:

946744252