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21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley.

21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley.

21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley.

21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley.

by Philpott, Arlen

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Berkeley: South Hall Press, 1981-1991.. Booklets printed from handset type on fine papers. “Practice pieces” from fine printing classes taught by Arlen Philpott, well known printer of Tamal Land Press in Fairfax, CA. Titles: Explorations (1991); A Bibliophile’s Commonplace (1988); Six Poems from Revolting Librarians by Tod Hawks & Elinor Martin (1989); Biographical Paragraphs (1986); Printing: An Ingenious Art (1986); Pi from a Case (1986); The Care & Feeding of The Ampersand by Anonymous Admirers of the Ampersand (1986); A Greek Alphabet (1985); Early Mexican Printing Excerpts: From Wroth’s Reflections (1985); Pequeña Historia de la Imprenta en Mexico (1985); Famous Firsts in Fifteenth Century Printing (1985); Chocolate Kisses: Five Love-Substitutes for the Forlorn and Desperate (1984); A Most Incomplete Dictionary Being Merely a Sample of Words and Styles Chosen by Three Lovers of Good English and Common Sense (1984); A Goudy Sampler (1984); Excerpts from the Old Librarian’s Almanack by Jared Bead (1984); The Alphabet Z to Etc. by Frederic W. Goudy (1983); The Alphabet U to Y by Frederic W. Goudy (1983); O for a Booke (1982); Extracts from Advice to the Would-Be Private Pressman (1981); Ancient Customs Used in a Printing-House (1981); Paper (1981). Sewn in printed wraps. 8vo. 6-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches. Pages vary; typically [16] pp. Ex libris the Bancroft Library, but not stamped or bookplated; some copies (not all) have pencil cataloging data on back endpaper. Otherwise all are Fine.

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21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley.
Author
Philpott, Arlen
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Paperback
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Berkeley: South Hall Press, 1981-1991.
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