first edition Paste-paper wraps with printed paper front cover label, stitched
1963 · Los Angeles, CA
by Dawson's Book Shop
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1963.
Pamphlet. 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 inches. [ii], (9) pp. Title page printed in red and black inks, with Japanese characters in red; text clean, unmarked. Paste-paper wraps with printed paper front cover label, stitched; binding square and tight. AMRB723-001. Fine.
FIRST EDITION, designed, hand-set, hand-printed, and bound by Muir Dawson. Holiday and Season's greetings printed by Muir Dawson for friends of Dawson's Book Shop throughout the world, printed in English, French, Japanese, and German. "For Muir Dawson, printing is for the pleasure of it. 'I do these things because I like to di it once in awhile.' he wrote to an inquisitive collector. He was exposed to fine printing early in life through his father's book shop, and developed his techniques in college. And over the years printing has been a personal hobby and professional support to his main activity as partner and bookseller at Dawson's Book Shop." Robinson, p. 4.
PROVENANCE: This copy from the personal collection of Brooke Crutchley, Cambridge University Press Printer from 1946-1974. Crutchley and Muir Dawson were close, sharing professional interests in fine printing for many years.
REFERENCE: Stuart Robinson, "The Private Press of Muir Dawson," in Hoja Volante, No. 199, November, 1998, No. 24. (Inventory #: AMRB723-001)
Pamphlet. 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 inches. [ii], (9) pp. Title page printed in red and black inks, with Japanese characters in red; text clean, unmarked. Paste-paper wraps with printed paper front cover label, stitched; binding square and tight. AMRB723-001. Fine.
FIRST EDITION, designed, hand-set, hand-printed, and bound by Muir Dawson. Holiday and Season's greetings printed by Muir Dawson for friends of Dawson's Book Shop throughout the world, printed in English, French, Japanese, and German. "For Muir Dawson, printing is for the pleasure of it. 'I do these things because I like to di it once in awhile.' he wrote to an inquisitive collector. He was exposed to fine printing early in life through his father's book shop, and developed his techniques in college. And over the years printing has been a personal hobby and professional support to his main activity as partner and bookseller at Dawson's Book Shop." Robinson, p. 4.
PROVENANCE: This copy from the personal collection of Brooke Crutchley, Cambridge University Press Printer from 1946-1974. Crutchley and Muir Dawson were close, sharing professional interests in fine printing for many years.
REFERENCE: Stuart Robinson, "The Private Press of Muir Dawson," in Hoja Volante, No. 199, November, 1998, No. 24. (Inventory #: AMRB723-001)