A Garland for Jake Zeitlin

Published by Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, Los Angeles, 1967

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on the occasion of his 65th Birthday & the Anniversary of his 40th year in the Book Trade. Woodcut title-page vignette, photograph of Zeitlin, single and double-page drawing. First Edition. 8vo. [258 x 170 x 20 mm]. [4]ff, 131, [1] pp. Bound in the original quarter orange cloth, patterned cloth sides, the spine lettered on a paper label, plain endleaves, untrimmed edges. Limited to 800 copies, with typography by Saul and Lillian Marks, printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press and bound by the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company. A finely printed collection of 14 tributes to the legendary Los Angeles book-dealer, publisher, collector and poet Jacob Zeitlin (1902-1987). They conclude with a bibliography of the Primavera Press. This is a presentation copy inscribed in ink on the half-title: "To Dorothy & Philip Smith [A Garland for Jake Zeitlin] not a halo, with pleasure in your visit. Jake Zeitlin. Los Angeles Oct.6 1975". Philip Smith being the great British bookbinder. [With] ROSENTHAL (Bernard). Remarks on the Occasion of the Celebration of Jake Zeitlin's 80th Birthday at the Tower Restaurant Los Angeles, November 6, 1982. Three photographs. Small 8vo. [208 x 144 x 4 mm]. 11, [1] pp. Sewn in paper wrappers with printed label on the front. Los Angeles: 1984 Limited to 275 copies, this one inscribed in ink on the front endleaf: "To Phillip & Dorothy Smith. Welcome back and come again soon. Jake and Jo. Los Angeles March 19, 1985". Seller Inventory # ebc4985

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Garland for Jake Zeitlin

Publisher: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, Los Angeles

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine