THE LAKESIDE PRESS ANNOUNCES ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF AMERICAN BOOKS
Published by R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO, IL, 1930
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Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
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Condition: Used - Fine
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(13) PAGES WITH TWO LOOSE INISERTS. THIS IS AN UNCOMMON PROSPECTUS ADVERTISING BROCHURE BOOKLET FOR FOUR CLASSIC AMERICAN BOOKS. THE BOOKLET IS COVERED BY A STIFF PAPER GRAY JACKET WITH A PRINTED PAPER LABEL, THE BOOKLET IS STRING BOUND. THE FOUR BOOKS THAT ARE ADVERTISED INCLUDE "MOBY DICK." BY HERMAN MELVILLE THAT INCLUDES A TIPPED IN 8 3/8" X 11 1/2" PAGE WITH A B/W ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN AHAB ON THE DECK OF HIS WHALING SHIP. TWO OTHER ENGRAVINGS BY ROCKWELL KENT ARE INCLUDED. THE SECOND BOOK IS "TALES" BY EDGAR ALLEN POE WITH AN ORNATE ILLUSTRATION OF THE TITLE PAGE BY WILLIAQM A. DWIGGINS. THE THIRD BOOK IS "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF LIFE AT SEA" BY RICHARD HENRY DANA Jr. THE TIPPED IN PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE THE TITLE PAGE AND A MAP OF THE VOYAGE AROUND THE CAPE OF HORN AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA, THE FOURTH BOOK IS "WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS" BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU THAT IS ILLUSTRATED BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA. A BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING OF A MAN SITTING IN THE WOODS UNDER A TREE, IS TIPPED INTO THE BROCHURE. THERE ARE TWO LOOSE INSERTS, AN ORDER FORM AND A LAKESIDE PRESS NOTICE THAT THERE WILL BE NO TRADE DISCOUNTS ON THE BOOKS. THE ADVERTISING BROCHURE PORTRAYS THE QUALITY OF THE RAG PAPER AND PRINTING PROCESS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION BOOKS OF 1000 COPIES ALONG WITH THEIR PRICES RANGING FRO $15.00 TO $52.00. BY THE LAKESIDE PRESS OF R. R. DONNELLEY AND SONS OF CHICAGO, IL. ) PAGE Size: 8 3/4" x 12".…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE LAKESIDE PRESS ANNOUNCES ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF AMERICAN BOOKS
- Author
- ROCKWELL KENT - WILLIAM A. DWIGGINS -= RUDOLPH RUZICA - EWARD A. WILSON
- Publisher
- R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO, IL
- Publication year
- 1930
- Condition
- VERY GOOD TO FINE
- Dust jacket
- GOOD CONDITION
- Binding
- STIFF PAPER WRAPPERS
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- ADVERTISING, CHICAGO PRINTER, CHICAGO PUBLISHER
Aah Rare Chicago
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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.…
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