Paperback
1948 · Newport, Rhode Island
by Pierce, Henry K.
Newport, Rhode Island: Berry Hill Press, 1948. 1 of 100 copies printed. Paperback. Good. Shelf wear on covers. Former library book with usual markings, including stamps, a blind stamp, pencil markings, and stickers. A couple spots of foxing. Inscribed on title page. Most pages unopened along top edge.. Green paper wraps with string binding, orange lettering. Approx. 20 pages with deckled edging; several pages unopened on top edge. 12 BW illustrations. "To which is added a partial translation of Ludovico Degli Arrighi's "The Method of Cutting a Pen," Rome, 1523 by Erich A. O'D. Taylor, and technical notes by John Howard Benson." An extremely rare copy, as most found online are part of the 1953 reprint. Only 100 copies of this edition were printed, of which this copy is #79.
(Inventory #: 163578)