The Form Of Consecration Of St. George's Chapel April XXII, Anno Domini MDCCCCXXVIII
by Middletown, Rhode Island [St. George's School]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. sandlewood cloth. Aeg. Near fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. sandlewood cloth. Aeg. Near fine. 57 pages. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 600 published by the Merrymount Press designed by D.B. Updike. Title page and interior text printed in red and black in standard and italic type. HUTNER 93. The year 1928 was a fabled year for the Press, concerned with ideas for printing `The Book of Common Prayer,' There are affinities here with both trial pages for the latter work and for the prayer book itself.......it is a miniature masterpiece." Double gilt front cover border panels lettered in gilt with center gilt floral motif. Faint sunning to backstrip.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20836
- Title
- The Form Of Consecration Of St. George's Chapel April XXII, Anno Domini MDCCCCXXVIII
- Author
- Middletown, Rhode Island [St. George's School]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. sandlewood cloth. Aeg. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Merrymount Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Printing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Religion;
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