Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$230.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (96 pages), frontispiece portrait etching (with tissue guard), 34 illustrations including wood engravings by Alan James Robinson (4), Barry Moser (6) and Leonard Baskin (4), near fine condition in marbled paper covered boards paper title labels on front board and spine, edges of spine slightly rubbed, text and illustrations in fine, clean condition, number 29 of an edition of 100 copies signed by Harold P McGrath and Alan James Robinson.
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Robinson, Alan James. H * P * M Harold Patrick McGrath. Cheloniidae Press, Np, 1991.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Unpaginated. 28 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 28 of 100 signed by Alan James Robinson and Patrick McGrath, printed at Wild Carrot Press with calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and Elizabeth Curtis. Etching of McGrath with tissue guard, printed in red and black with a few wood engravings by Robinson. This book is a collection of anecdotes and recollections, both reverent and irreverent in homage to McGrath. Title page in red, black and silver, embossed book plate of Richard D. Friedlander. Orig. marbled boards, front cover paper label. Fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Marbled paper-covered boards with spine and inset cover labels, 4to., (96) pages, 35 illustrations including an etching and four wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, six wood engravings by Barry Moser, four wood engravings by Leonard Baskin, one wood engraving by Fritz Eichenberg, a two color portrait by Lance Hidy, hand calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and Betse Curtis, twelve pressmarks, and a color photograph of McGrath in a pocket at the rear. Of 210 copies printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress by Daniel Keleher on Cheloniidae Rag and vintage Italian laid paper, this is copy number 6 of 100 numbered copies for sale, and is signed by McGrath and Robinson at the colophon. Printed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the printing career of Harold Patrick McGrath, this book contains over 60 recollections, reminiscences, homages, and anecdotes from friends, family, artists and printers who knew and worked with him. Loosely inserted into this copy are nine ephemeral specimens of printing by McGrath - five for the Gehenna Press, and five for the Pennyroyal Press, including three wood engravings, one signed by Barry Moser. With a miniscule gilt label at the rear (-K-M-O'D-), likely a binder's ticket. A fine copy in a thick clear DW.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$720.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. decorated paper over boards, leather spine label. (x), (80), (vi) pages. First edition, limited to 210 numbered copies of which only 100 are for sale. This copy is neither signed, nor numbered, on the colophon page. Printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress by Daniel Keleher using Cheloniidae rag paper. Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the printing career of Harold Patrick McGrath, Master Printer for the Gehenna Press, Pennyroyal Press, and Cheloniidae Press. It contains sixty recollections, reminiscences, histories, etc. from friends, family, artists, and fellow printers. Also included are four wood engravings by Leonard Baskin, six wood engravings by Barry Moser, an etched portrait, a wood engraving by Fritz Eichenberg, a two-color portrait by Lance Hidy, and four wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. The title page and two other pages have hand calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and Elizabeth Curtis. A fine production which is printed in two colors throughout. decorated paper over boards, leather spine label
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.