william wreden (6 Ergebnisse)

Stitched paper wrappers. [2], 9, [2] pp. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving. Sm. 8vo. Number 118 of an edition of 200 copies printed for the friends of William P. Wreden by the Greenwood Press of San Francisco. Printed on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. William P. Wreden (1911-1995) was a Bay Area antiquarian bookseller, publisher and book collector. Very good, unopened (uncut) copy, faint browning.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Single Sheet, Folded. Issued As A Keepsake For The Biennial Meeting Of The Roxburghe And Zamorano Clubs In 1984.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 12 pp., String-Bound Wraps (Japanese paper; French-fold sheets), Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edge, Very Good with minor creasing to wraps. A history of La Panza, Calif., a ghost town. "Instigated by William P. Wreden; committed by Richard H. Dillon; accessory after the fact, the Grabhorn Press; abetted by Mallette Dean." A Roxburgh-Zamorano keepsake.

One page. Dimensions of paper roughly six and a half inches by eight wide. Spotted, aged and creased, and with some closed tears. Addressed to Wreden at 'Box 56, Palo Alto, Cal., U.S.A.' For '3 reg'd bookpost parcels', and headed 'Hodgson's Sale 25th Nov. 1954'. Lots 204 and 205 purchased for a total of £27 9s 9d, including an apparent commission of 15% on an item under ten pounds, and 10% on one over that sum. Items ('French Documents & Autograph Letters' and 'Autograph Letters from Lord Brougham and contemporaries') described in nine lines.

Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 36, [1]; original gray paper wrappers, touch of sunning to upper edge, else fine. Printed for the 50th anniversary of opening of the firm's first bookshop.

Zustand: Good. Folio, 33 pp., Typed Loose Pages, Very Good with toning, minor creasing. In addition to copies of works described in title, 7 pages of California-related book reviews and summary descriptions of histories. Scarce.