The private press-man's tale... with illustrations by Lili Wronker
Newtown, Penn. Bird & Bull Press, 1990. Edition limited to 230 copies (this, no. 25), small folio, pp. 61, [3]; acknowledgement slip printed in red tipped to the colophon; illustrated throughout and printed in colors; original maroon cloth-backed, pastepaper-covered boards, the upper cover gilt-stamped with a design after the earliest known wallpaper, leather label lettered in gilt on spine; fine. Laid in are the original prospectus and the separate broadside Adalai Stevenson's Cat Bill Veto, which was only available to those with standing orders. Printed with Van Dijck type on Arches mouldmade paper and bound by Barbara Blumenthal. A humorous collection of satire and prose, inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, all tongue-in-cheek perspectives on the book trade. Forty-Four A48. Item #50432
Price: $200.00
