Selections from His Writings and Including a Portion of an Hitherto Unpublished Notebook; Edited and Prefaced by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr.
Iowa City: Qara Press, 1961. First edition, number 16 of 190 copies on Curtis Rag. 4to (25.5 x 18.8 cm). 33, [1] pages. Two small mounted portraits of Cobden-Sanderson in text. Original grey paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label, binder's ticket of Boxwood Bindery, Lexington, Kentucky on rear pastedown (spine and board edges toned). A near-fine copy. Item #410732
Hand set and printed by Gerald McMonies Stevenson, Jr. as a part of Special Projects in Typography in the School of Journalism at the University of Iowa. The idea of the book was suggested by Harry Duncan who felt that C-S had been neglected. The journals reflect on C-S's relationships with many colleagues, and his work for the Kelmscott and Doves Presses. "Candidly, I do not think that William Morris himself is a great printer: that his work is remarkable & in itself constitutes an epoch, is, again, another matter..." (p. 25).
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