Christopher Columbus.

Kazantzakis, Nikos.

Published by The Allen Press, Kentfield, California. One of 140 copies. Designed and published by by Lewis and Dorothy Allen., 1972

About this Item

Specifics from the colophon: Type hand set in Goudy Thirty, display type: Solemnis; all-rag handmade paper made at the Wookey Hole mill in England, with the Allen Press watermark, printed damp on an 1846 Columbian hand press. Cover paper is all-rag Fabriano from Italy, cloth for the hinged box was made in France. 8 1/2 inches x 13 1/8 in., titlepage in orange and black, colophon page with woodcut of 1472 world map. Preface by Nikos Kazantzakis. Heading letters for the Acts in orange, from an Italian book of 1475. Headlines in light gray; 79 pp., loose printed folios in an yellow-tan Fabriano paper wrapper, with title in orange on the outer front cover; in a light blue, cloth-covered, drop-back box with a printed title label on the front, interior lined with orange paper. Loosely inserted is the prospectus. Weight: 2 lbs. Seller Inventory # F-99

Bibliographic Details

Title: Christopher Columbus.

Publisher: The Allen Press, Kentfield, California. One of 140 copies. Designed and published by by Lewis and Dorothy Allen.

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket