Lot 122
[PRIVATE PRESS, Ohio]. Illustration in Book Making 1919

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[CLEVELAND, Ohio, Junior High School Class, (creators).] Development of Illustration in Book Making

Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please contact him via email at adamlanglands@gmail.com 

[CLEVELAND, Ohio, Junior High School Class, (creators).]

Development of Illustration in Book Making by Pupils of 8 B Sections. Cleveland, Ohio: Fairmount Junior High School, February 1919. 12mo (6 ¼ x 4 5/8in; 159 x 117mm). Pp. [1-13]-14-63[-64]. Printed in brown. Tinted title vignette, 4 hand-colored plates,  8 initials, most tinted, 14 vignettes, most tinted. Original cloth-backed boards, decorative endpapers (somewhat soiled).

Very rare – two copies recorded. A well-produced work, dedicated to R.G. Jones ‘for his untiring service to Cleveland High Schools’. Entries from Alma Dale, Bernice King, Fredell Salberg, Thomas B. Aldrich, Anita Blatz, Katherine Kuechle, Waldena Allerton, Elenor Goeppinger, Robert Kilgore, Elton R. Knieght, Anna Flood, Frank Westlake Jr. These entries are book-ended by extracts from Wm. Chandler Smith and ‘Sir Thomas Carlyle’ [sic.].  OCLC 10680874 (2 copies, Cleveland Public Library; Weston Reserve Historical Society).