RIGHTS OF MAN. With an Introduction by Howard Fast and Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.
by Paine, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT: (1979)., 1979 pp. xvi, 269 + Plus color portrait frontis. Illustrated with striking color full page plates by Lynd Ward. Chapter heading illustrations in black and white. Pale purple silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original pale purple page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full gray leather binding gold decorated in an over-all interlocking leaf design. Spine with same gold design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Fine.
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- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317PR
- Title
- RIGHTS OF MAN. With an Introduction by Howard Fast and Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.
- Author
- Paine, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT: (1979).
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- PRESS; EASTON TYPOGRAPHY; FINE PRINTING; BOOK ARTS; THOMAS PAINE; RIGHTS OF MAN; HOWARD FAST; ILLUSTRATED; LYND WARD; LEATHER BINDING
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THE FAMILY ALBUM
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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