Jonah, Judith, Ruth

Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1984.

Small Folio. 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches. 49, [1 blank] pp. Half-title, title page printed in two colors as is the text, with the addition of running heads in Hebrew (in blue) and Aramaic in burgundy), 3 illustrations by Michèle Forgeois; text clean, unmarked. Edition de luxe in the French style where the text block in loosely laid-in into brown paper wraps titled in gilt, and the whole laid into an orange-cloth-covered clamshell box with the title on the front of the box in gilt; binding square and tight, lower corner of the wraps with small bump, some minor soiling to the box. Original prospectus laid-in. UNK1123-020. Very Good.

LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE of 140 copies, designed, and produced entirely by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois (1929-2000). "As our fiftieth limited edition, this was a momentous event in the history of The Allen Press. We never expected to pass such a milestone, or to be producing such editions for forty-six years, but it was reached due to perseverance, conscientiousness, encouragement - and luck." Allen and Allen. Printed on handmade, all-rag Twin Rocker Mill paper - "Although more costly, it is one of the best papers we have sided." Allen and Allen. 2 historical books from the Hebrew Bible and 1 apocryphal book (Judith). Done up in French-style de luxe treatment with unbound sheets laid into brown wrappers from the Fabriano Mill in Italy, housed in a cloth-covered clamshell box. Michèle Forgeois was a French postwar and contemporary artist.

REFERENCE: Allen and Allen, The Allen Press Bibliography, No. 50.