[Rarebooks] FS: QUAKER QUERIES, Copy #3 of 100 printed by the Penmaen Press and Inscribed by the Publisher to his Mother

[Charles Agvent]

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THE QUAKER QUERIES: NEW ENGLAND QUERIES IN PAST AND PRESENT FORMS. 
(Boston): Penmaen Press, 1969. First Edition. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4" 
handbound with Italian Fabriano over boards at the Stanhope Bindery. The 
first book of the press. Copy #3 of only 100 numbered copies designed, 
handset, and printed by Michael McCurdy. In actuality only 91 copies 
were produced. This copy without the wood-engraved portrait of George 
Fox. Only subscriber copies contained this engraving. This copy is 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the publisher McCurdy on the front blank: "26 
June 1969/For Mother this day before/starting my great venture/to 
Europe. With all love to/the best mother there surely is!/Michael." Fine 
in slipcase.         $400.00

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