Words at Play

(San Francisco): (The Grabhorn Press), 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Davenport, W. R.. One of 500 copies, Alfred Sutro (1869-1945), a lawyer residing in San Francisco, was an avid book lover and collector, and was president of the Book Club of California in San Francisco; "Words at Play" was published under his pseudnym Adam Smith.

Printed by the Grabhorn Press, this anecdotal book of children's rhymes was conceptualized by Alfred Sutro for his grandchildren, and includes drawings by W. R. Davenport, whose charming illustrations accompany the poetry's playfulness and wordplay.

___DESCRIPTION: Quarter rose cloth with white (truncated) and red decorative paper boards, gilt lettering on the spine, fore- and bottom edges uncut, title page printed in rose and black, twenty-two full-page illustrations by W. R. Davenport in black and pink with text inset; Benedictine linotype, machine-made paper, folio size (12.25" by 9"), pagination: 44 unnumbered pages, all versos blank, one of 500 copies, unnumbered. Lacking the plain brown laid paper dust wrapper.

___CONDITION: A fine copy, with clean boards, perfectly straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; other than a hint of dustiness to the top edge of the text block, clean and almost as new.

___CITATIONS: Grabhorn Bibliography, no. 308.

___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details.

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