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D'AMBROSIO, Joe; Duncan Gleason (illustrator) Wind

Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books and Prints, 1988. Folio (390 x 280 mm). Illustrated with 50 engraved plates each dated and numbered 7/25. Book in a box binding, black canvas over paper boards, uncut. Condition: some light soiling to covers. This is copy number seven. Colophon signed by the designer, printer & binder - D'Ambrosio. This book is made from the limited edition plates created in 1973. In 1922, Duncan Gleason (1881-1959) created a series of copper etchings for the etched book Windjammers. Although the publisher planned 325 copies, probably not more than 100 pulls were made from the plates. The are no signed or unnumbered impression other than 10 publishers proofs which are so marked. There are a total of 50 trial proofs of various etchings done in black or brown ink and are marked as such.

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