[Rarebooks] FS: "When a Printer Plays, " Richard J. Hoffman's magnum opus

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(PRINTING) Hoffman, Richard J.  WHEN A PRINTER PLAYS. A Showing of Printer's Flowers and Typographic Fleurons Arranged in Arabesque Patterns with Notes and Arrangements... Augmented with Excerpts from Traditional Sources, Done in His Printing Office... Van Nuys, CA: R. J. Hoffman. 1987. Lg. 4to. 56pp. Profusely illustrated with type ornaments printed in various colors. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Green cloth, over color printed patterned boards. A presentation copy, inscribed by Richard J. Hoffman on the limitation leaf, "For Peter Mauk, who watched this book grow unit by unit." Fine copy. Laid in at front is a 2-leaf prospectus.    $450.00  (trade discount allowed)
This book was published at $200, and quickly sold out, with most copies finding their way into library collections. It has been called "his magnum opus" (see Petko. A TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF RICHARD JOHN HOFFMAN).

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