[15 different works created by San Francisco printer and typographer Tommy Tommasini as holiday keepsakes for friends and family]
by [Tommasini, Amadeo R. "Tommy"]
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: A.R. Tommasini, 1982. Pamphlet. Fifteen different small books, mostly 3.5x5.25 inches but with some variation, very good condition. Beautifully crafted, most numbered by hand at the end. Items present are:
Moments of millennium: from John Mistletoe (1959; numbered 497).
Printers, poor devils! (1961; numbered 542).
Scenes from snow-bound (1962, numbered 424).
The story of paper told briefly once again (1963, numbered 347).
Letters (1964, numbered 413).
On giving and receiving (1965, numbered 486).
May there be peace among all the nations (1966, numbered 300).
Printers' marks (1967, numbered 490).
Tommy's messages (1968, numbered 325).
Pages from the Gutenberg Bible in miniature facsimile (1969, numbered 567).
Tommy's Thirty (1977, numbered 644; inscribed by Tommasini to Sieg [Hesse]).
Times of stress are times for success (1979, not numbered).
Signs of the Zodiac (1980, not numbered).
Wise words and sayings of Ben Franklin (1981, not numbered).
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1982, not numbered).
Moments of millennium: from John Mistletoe (1959; numbered 497).
Printers, poor devils! (1961; numbered 542).
Scenes from snow-bound (1962, numbered 424).
The story of paper told briefly once again (1963, numbered 347).
Letters (1964, numbered 413).
On giving and receiving (1965, numbered 486).
May there be peace among all the nations (1966, numbered 300).
Printers' marks (1967, numbered 490).
Tommy's messages (1968, numbered 325).
Pages from the Gutenberg Bible in miniature facsimile (1969, numbered 567).
Tommy's Thirty (1977, numbered 644; inscribed by Tommasini to Sieg [Hesse]).
Times of stress are times for success (1979, not numbered).
Signs of the Zodiac (1980, not numbered).
Wise words and sayings of Ben Franklin (1981, not numbered).
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1982, not numbered).
Details
- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 291240
- Title
- [15 different works created by San Francisco printer and typographer Tommy Tommasini as holiday keepsakes for friends and family]
- Author
- [Tommasini, Amadeo R. "Tommy"]
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.R. Tommasini
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- San Francisco; 1960S; 1970S; California;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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