JOHN BELL TYPE ITS LOSS AND REDISCOVERY With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen 1788. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.

Published by Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939

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Edition limited to 250 copies in red cloth with paper label affixed to upper board, octavo, pp. 20 + [6] + colophon. Frontispiece illustration of Bell. Spine ends with minor shelf bumping. From the 1939 Publication release: "The charm of this little book lies in the fact that it has been set in types cast from the original matrices . . . . The book is No. 8 in a series called 'Keepsakes,' all numbers of which show the skillful hand of Mr. Anthoensen, to whom we are also indebted for a neat bit of historical research.".

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Title
JOHN BELL TYPE ITS LOSS AND REDISCOVERY With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen 1788. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.
Author
ANTHOENSEN, Fred.
Publisher
Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press
Publication year
1939
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Limited Edition
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Established in 1998, T. Brennan, Bookseller, exhibits annually in several antiquarian book fairs. Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.