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The Happy Dream : An Essay Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm, - 1976

by Priestley, J.B

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Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1976. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm,. [7], 35, [1] pp. John Randle of the Whittington Press said of this book "J. B. Priestley, who had written this account of his extraordinarily vivid dream especially for us, took a keen interest in its design and produdion. He suggested the format, binding style and text margins, and the end result is a credit to his typographic instincts" - from David Butcher's Bibliography of the Press. Hand-set in Caslon type , printed on handmade paper from St Cuthbert's Mill, Wookey Hole. Copy No. 119. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
Used - Copy No. 119. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper
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  • Title The Happy Dream : An Essay
  • Author Priestley, J.B
  • Binding Quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, slipcased, 8vo, 21 cm,
  • Edition Limited edition of 400 numbered copies signed by the author
  • Condition Used - Copy No. 119. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper
  • Pages [7], 35, [1] pp
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Whittington Press, Andoversford, first edition, 1976
  • Date 1976
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BIBLIO-12984
  • ISBN 9780904845082 / 0904845087
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 77358175
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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