Pocket Knives
- Gilt-stamped brown cloth
- Napa, CA: Gordon Williams, 1983
Napa, CA: Gordon Williams, 1983.
12mo. 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches. vi, 60, [4] pp. Half-title, 24 figures; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped brown cloth; binding square and tight, minor rubbing, light foxing to top edge. EE516-278. Very Good.
SECOND EDITION, corrected. Originally issued in 1964 as A Treatise on Pocket Knives (150 copies). The first dissertation on the topic of pocket knives. Cheney issued a revised and expanded second edition of his Treatise in 1968 (about 100 copies). This edition contains a few corrections by Gordon Williams, reprinting the 1968 second edition.
REFERENCE: Jones, A Los Angeles Typesticker, No. 57 and No. 71. 15 copies OCLC, including the University of Oxford.
Details
Title
Pocket Knives
Author
William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)
Binding
Gilt-stamped brown cloth
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Gordon Williams: Napa, CA
Date
1983
Edition
SECOND EDITION
Size
12mo. 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches
Pages
vi, 60, [4] pp.