The Sylvan Press (2 results)
Published by The Sylvan Press, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United KingdomHigh Street Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 10.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Worn and torn dust jacket has some loss and is now in a protective sleeve, some foxing, gift inscription.
Language: English
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. One of 125 copies. Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards backed with marbled paper. Marbled paper features brown, black, and light blue colors. Blind-stamped lettering on front cover. No lettering on spine. Thin gilt decorative line between gray and marbled paper on front and back. 9" x… 12." Unpaginated, fourteen loose leaves laid in. Each leaf is folded in half vertically and is printed on all sides with the exception of the first leaf which is only printed on two sides. Folio is virtually pristine and intact except for a few surface marks and slightly bumped corners. Leaves are virtually pristine and intact except for a small bump at top of Auburn-Placer County Library, a few small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. The overall set comprising the folio and leaves is Near Fine. This is a beautiful commemorative keepsake folio that was published on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club. There are fourteen leaves in total, each of which highlight a library in the Sacramento region and one or two important books in the library's collection. Each leaf was printed by a member of the Club who used letterpress printing methods and was the owner of, or at least had access to, a private press. Brief essays (a few paragraphs at most) describe each library. The following is information for each leaf such as the represented library, printer, or contents. 1) [Introductory Leaf]: Table of Contents showing the represented library for each leaf and corresponding printer; Frederic R. Gunsky at The Sylvan Oaks Press. 2) American River College's Kenneth Boettcher Library; Jim Carlson (essay); Jean Pratt (printer). 3) The Auburn-Placer County Library; Frank Delmar at Filmar Printery (printer). 4) The California State Library; Gary F. Kurutz (essay); The Press of John Ohlson (printer). 5) The Library, California State University, Sacramento; Joanna Taylor at The El Pavo Press (printer). 6) Cosumnes River College Library; Joe Bryan at The Hesperos Printery (printer). 7) The El Dorado County Library; Robert Ramsey and Bonnie Battaglia (essays); Dr. Edmund E. Simpson at The Blackwood Press (printer). 8) The Sacramento City College Library; Martin Huff at the Mockingbird Press (printer). 9) The Sacramento Public Library; Robert Dickover at the Stalwart Sloth Press (printer). 10) Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library; Ounce Press and Sylvan Oaks Press (printers). 11) Woodland Public Library; Brandon C. McClintock (essay); Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press (printer). 12) The Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Research Center, University Library, University of California, Davis; Vince Lozito at The Eagle Press (printer). 13) William Knox Holt Memorial Library, University of the Pacific, Stockton; Frederic R. Gunsky at The Sylvan Oaks Press (printer). 14) Yolo County Library; Robert Dickover at the Stalwart Sloth Press (printer).
