Cambridge: Privately Printed by the University Printer for Friends in Printing & Publishing, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 250 copies. Small 8vo. vii, 36, [1] pp. Illustrations. Teal cloth spine over marbled paper covered boards. ALS from Frederick B. Adams, Jr., American bibliophile and the director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from 1948-1969 and a large folding facsimile Specimen of Baskerville's Types on tissue paper in rear pocket. Gold round book-plate of Fred Robison Heryer on front pastedown. Light wear to corners with boards starting; a near fine copy.

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Bookseller: Carpe Diem Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19981
Title: The Survival of Baskerville's Punches
Author: Dreyfus, John
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, Limited to 250 copies
Publisher: Privately Printed by the University Printer for Friends in Printing & Publishing
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1949
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Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.

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