[Rarebooks] ONLY 120 COPIES

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Abbe, Dorothy.
STENCILLED ORNAMENTS & ILLUSTRATION.  A DEMONSTRATION OF WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS'METHOD OF BOOK DECORATION AND OTHER USES OF THE STENCIL.  Together With a Note by the Artist.  Compiled and Arranged by Dorothy Abbe.  Hingham, Mass:Puterschein-Higham. 1979.  8vo.  ix,(5),74pp.  Profusely illustrated text, including a tipped-in photograph of Dwiggins and 5 other tipped in photographic plates.  Edition limited to 120 copies printed and designed by Dorothy Abbe. Black paper covered boards with a white and black linen spine.  Fine copy with original glassine.
$200
Abbe is the author of the wonderful volume "The Dwiggins Marrionettes".  Currently there are two copies on-line for sale at $300 and $326.
Kenneth KarmioleP.O.Box 464, Santa Monica, CA 90406310-266-1910   kkarmiole at yahoo.com