A Young Printer in San Fransisco | 1949
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Octavo, 22.1 x 15.6 cm. Sewn (not to show) into pale orange combed paste-paper wraps. The title was printed in pale ochre to the upper cover; ‘HM’ was printed uniformly to the lower cover. The paste-paper was made and the binding done in studio at HM. Unpaginated [pp. 18, including uniform free endpapers; plus ll. 2 inset barrier sheets of translucent Japanese paper]. A fine copy. The text was set in Perpetua and printed damp on HM Text paper handmade by Reg Lissel. A linocut depicting a young Robert Reid by Andrea Taylor appears as the frontispiece. An initial letter printed in red accents the opening page of text. A Graphos Press device and a brief biography of Robert Reid were printed in black and red respectively on the verso facing the colophon page. From a total edition of 50 copies in two states (‘Majuscule’ and ‘Miniscule’). This copy belongs to the ‘Miniscule’ state (nos. 16-50) and is number 46. Signed by Robert Reid (simply ‘Robert’) in pencil on the colophon page. (This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven, 1.16). Item #378
Price: $175.00