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Three Choice Sketches by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Stout Gentleman. The Adventure of My Uncle. Horsemanship. by Irving, Washington

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Title
Three Choice Sketches by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Stout Gentleman. The Adventure of My Uncle. Horsemanship.
Author
Irving, Washington
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
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San Mateo: The Greenwood Press, 1941 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Number 101 of 250 copies designed, printed, and entirely handset by Jack W. Stauffacher. 12mo. [8], 83pp. 3 text illustrations by Frank Stauffacher. Handset type by Jack Stauffacher. Course beige cloth, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy with printed dust jacket (jacket spine faded and with two small spots). The first book from the Greenwood Press. Jack Stauffacher started his Press in San Mateo. In 1947 he moved to San Francisco to join the colony of printers established there. In 1955 he went to Europe where for three years he studied typography, mainly in Italy. On his return he accepted a post at the Laboratory Press, founded by Porter Garnett at Carnegie Tech., Pittsburgh. [Magee, Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and its Environs: 53; Stauffacher, A Typographic Journey: p.13, 28, and 245]..