Title: The Allen Press Bibliography
Author: Allen, Lewis & Dorothy
Description: Illustrated with tipped-in samples from past printings, woodcuts, etc.; title page with vine design by Mallette Dean hand-colored by Dorothy Allen. Colors throughout the book are vermilion, blue and green. (Folio) 14x9½, decorative vermilion & beige Fortuny fabric hand-blocked in Venice, tan-brown cloth spine, slipcase. 1 of 140 copies printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. First Edition.Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 46. * Also, includes a copy of the 1985 Book Club of California facsimile edition, with original leaves from Allen Press publications tipped in, as issued, 13½x8¾, cloth, spine gilt-lettered, front cover with illustration of press in blind, 1 of 750 copies. Together, 2 volumes.
Heading: (Allen Press)Place Published: Greenbrae, CA
Publisher: Allen Press
Date Published: 1981
Author: Allen, Lewis & Dorothy
Description: Illustrated with tipped-in samples from past printings, woodcuts, etc.; title page with vine design by Mallette Dean hand-colored by Dorothy Allen. Colors throughout the book are vermilion, blue and green. (Folio) 14x9½, decorative vermilion & beige Fortuny fabric hand-blocked in Venice, tan-brown cloth spine, slipcase. 1 of 140 copies printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. First Edition.Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 46. * Also, includes a copy of the 1985 Book Club of California facsimile edition, with original leaves from Allen Press publications tipped in, as issued, 13½x8¾, cloth, spine gilt-lettered, front cover with illustration of press in blind, 1 of 750 copies. Together, 2 volumes.
Heading: (Allen Press)Place Published: Greenbrae, CA
Publisher: Allen Press
Date Published: 1981
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
1:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2008
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