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Short story ['A Special Christmas Ghost Story Edition': Quire A Literary Tract From The Last Press X111, 2022). LIMITED EDITION; 100 copies printed in total (26 lettered and bound differently) of which this is one of 74 unlettered copies. Fine (as new) copy. Seller Inventory # 54242
Title: The Mark of Andreas Germer
Publisher: The Last Press/Quire: USA
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Chapbook
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ? x 6 ? inches, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece by Ladislav Hanka. Hand-printed and hand sewn. Issued as Quire XIII, MMXXII. 126 copies printed of which 100 copies were the unnumbered 'regular' edition and 26 copies comprised the Special Lettered Edition. This is one of 10 extra copies issued as the "Special Reserve" issue, not numbered or lettered (out-of-series). These are similar but not identical to the Lettered Edition in that the small title label on the front panel here is now a larger Series Title printed in black and red "QUIRE: a literary tract from the last press / xiii/mmxxii". Ten copies of these Special Reserve copies were issued after the Lettered issue went out-of-print. As with the Lettered Edition this copy has UICB endpapers and PC4 flax wrappers. A fine copy. ?A short Christmas Ghost Story, later collected in SPIRITS OF THE DEAD [Sarob Press, 2024]. Seller Inventory # 313428
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ? x 6 ? inches, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece by Ladislav Hanka. Hand-printed and hand sewn. Issued as Quire XIII, MMXXII. 126 copies printed of which 100 copies were the unnumbered 'regular' edition and 26 copies comprised the Special Lettered Edition. This is an artist's Proof copy of the Special Edition, similar but not identical to the Lettered Edition in that the small title label on the front panel is set in a different type and printed in black instead of red and the limitation page is marked "AE" instead of being lettered. Only four copies of these proofs were made. As with the Lettered Edition this copy has UICB endpapers and PC4 flax wrappers. A fine copy. ?A short Christmas Ghost Story, later collected in SPIRITS OF THE DEAD [Sarob Press, 2024]. Seller Inventory # 313427
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ? x 6 ? inches, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece by Ladislav Hanka. Hand-printed and hand sewn. Issued as Quire XIII SE, MMXXII. 126 copies printed of which this is one of 26 copies comprising the Special Lettered Edition with UICB endpapers and PC4 flax wrappers, the front wrapper with a small title label printed in red. This copy is letter "W", for Weighell. A fine copy. ? A short Christmas Ghost Story, later collected in SPIRITS OF THE DEAD [Sarob Press, 2024]. Seller Inventory # 313426