norman e tanis (5 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. First edition. xvi, 328 pp. A very good crisp clean exlib copy with the usual internal markings. No dust jacket.

Paperback. 48mo. Stiff grey decorative wrappers. 30pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition of this almost-miniature book, limited to 210 copies -- this example signed boldly by Tanis in blue fountain pen at the bottom of the half-title page. (Technically, a miniature book is 3" or less in height.) Interesting essay by the former president of the Association of College and Research Libraries about the implications of the 1969 Tax Reform Act and the 1973 amendment and its effect on donations by authors of their original manuscripts to libraries.

CONDITION: Very Good Plus; no names, clean, bottom corner bumped, thin spine fold faded. Reference history, softcover. "Between 1919 and 1951, America was inundated by a sea of Little Blue Books, which sold at first for 25¢ and were later reduced, through mass productions and effective advertising, to 15¢, 10¢, and finally to 5¢. The Farm home, lumber camp, or city boarding house that did not boast at least a dozen of these ubiquitous books, was poor indeed. (they) spread across America from the presses in Girard Kansas, where the publisher, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, carried out his idea of a 'university in print' for the common man." The story of assembling this special collection. ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Search ABE Keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping.

Zustand: Good. Typed letter signed on Cal State Northridge letterhead & project proposal, 8.5" x 11", 6 pp., Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Zustand: Good. Two Stapled Letter Sized Pages, Very Good. Illustrated with Bibliographic Society logo on letterhead.Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.