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Ward Ritchie's "Two Books" one of 180 copies

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Heading:
Author: Ritchie, Ward
Title: The Tale of Two Books
Place Published: Los Angeles, California
Publisher:The Book Collectors
Date Published: 1985
Description:

Illustrated wrappers. No. 167 of 180 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy.

As Ritchie says in the first paragraph: "The story involved in the production of a book can often be as, or, even more interesting than the story the author is telling in his book." It is a story with many familiar characters, Merle Armitage, L.C Powell, George Macy, Carl Zigrosser, M.F. K. Fisher, numerous other writers, book dealers, printers, and two books.

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Faint rust stains near staples; else fine.

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Ward Ritchie's "Two Books" one of 180 copies

Name: Ward Ritchie's \"Two Books\" one of 180 copies
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