[Rarebooks] FS: Gehenna Press & Ben Franklin

Bob Petrilla petrillabooks at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 08:12:48 EDT 2016


Franklin, Benjamin. THE ENCOURAGERS OF THE ART OF PRINTING [cover title].
Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 9 May 1966. Limited Edition.
4pp, folio, printed in black and red on Fabiano stock. Large portrait of
Franklin, engraved by the Meriden Gravure Company. Text in large typeface,
reprinting a news item re Franklin from the "Independent Gazetteer" of
Philadelphia, January 21, 1786; eagle and shield tailpice, colophon. Bound
in string-tied light-gray wrappers, cover title in black; top two inches of
covers are tanned and a bit creased; contents in fine condition. 16.25" x
9.75" Very Good. Original Wrappers.
Limited to 1500 copies. (#038347)        $30.00

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