Philpott, Arlen: 21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley

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Philpott, Arlen : 21 booklets from South Hall Press, by the fine printing classes at UC Berkeley

Berkeley: South Hall Press, 1981-1991.

Booklets printed from handset type on fine papers. "Practice pieces" from fine printing classes taught by Arlen Philpott, well known printer of Tamal Land Press in Fairfax, CA. Titles: Explorations (1991); A Bibliophile's Commonplace (1988); Six Poems from Revolting Librarians by Tod Hawks & Elinor Martin (1989); Biographical Paragraphs (1986); Printing: An Ingenious Art (1986); Pi from a Case (1986); The Care & Feeding of The Ampersand by Anonymous Admirers of the Ampersand (1986); A Greek Alphabet (1985); Early Mexican Printing Excerpts: From Wroth's Reflections (1985); Pequeña Historia de la Imprenta en Mexico (1985); Famous Firsts in Fifteenth Century Printing (1985); Chocolate Kisses: Five Love-Substitutes for the Forlorn and Desperate (1984); A Most Incomplete Dictionary Being Merely a Sample of Words and Styles Chosen by Three Lovers of Good English and Common Sense (1984); A Goudy Sampler (1984); Excerpts from the Old Librarian's Almanack by Jared Bead (1984); The Alphabet Z to Etc. by Frederic W. Goudy (1983); The Alphabet U to Y by Frederic W. Goudy (1983); O for a Booke (1982); Extracts from Advice to the Would-Be Private Pressman (1981); Ancient Customs Used in a Printing-House (1981); Paper (1981).Sewn in printed wraps. 8vo. 6-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches. Pages vary; typically [16] pp. Ex libris the Bancroft Library, but not stamped or bookplated; some copies (not all) have pencil cataloging data on back endpaper. Otherwise all are Fine.

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