[KYRISS, Ernst & Howard M. Nixon]. FESTSCHRIFT ERNST KYRISS. Dem Bucheinbandforscher Dr. Ernst Kyriss in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, zu seinem 80. Geburtstag am 2. Juni 1961 gewidmet von seinen Freunden. Stuttgart: Max Hettler Verlag, (1961). A festschrift issued in honor of the eightieth birthday of bookbinding historian Ernst Kyriss. This copy belonged to Howard M. Nixon, whose contibution "Baumgarten's Will" appears on p. 397, and contains many pencil annotations by him. Laid-in at the front is a hand-written note of thanks from Kyriss to Nixon, along with a photo of a bookshop window displaying the book, in the original mailing envelope. Also laid-in is a corrected galley proof of Nixon's review of the book for "The Library," a review of the book by Ilse Schunke, another contributor to the festschrift, and (between pp. 376-7) two rubbings of bindings. The articles are mostly in German but for a few contributions in English, French or Italian. Illustrated. 493,[3] pp. Quarto, publisher's brown cloth. Cloth shows light wear and has a small stain on lower board; but the book is clean and solid overall. An interesting copy with an excellent association and enclosures. Seller Inventory # 77746

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Title: FESTSCHRIFT ERNST KYRISS

Publication Date: 1961

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OUR STOCK of some 30,000 volumes includes one of the largest and finest inventories of books relating to Japan and East Asia in the country. In addition to a large general antiquarian stock, our areas of particular expertise are: children's books, photographica, Americana, historical archives, women's books, color plate books, early maps and atlases, sets and fine bindings, American and British literature, Japanese woodblock print books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and travel and exploration. We buy and sell books in all these categories. Through the years, we have issued over 50 catalogues of general antiquarian and literary materials, along with 30 catalogues relating to Japan and East Asia. Members of the firm travel extensively in America and Asia, to buy libraries and to attend bookfairs and auctions.

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