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Description: The quotations include ÒWhen the answers are simple you hear God thinkingÓ (Albert Einstein), ÒMoment by moment the present becomes the pastÓ (Thornton Wilder), and ÒMemory is hungerÓ (Ernest Hemingway). The final quotation is ÒIt was a grand adventure, I am contentÓ (William Addison Dwiggins). Octavo [20] pp. With eighteen color-printed geometric illustrations, each paired with a brief quotation, and a title-page vignette. Printed on an Albion handpress. Bound by Joseph DÕAmbrosio in quarter natural linen over pale yellow boards with geometric cutouts. Paper label with title printed in black. Blue endpapers. Minor offsetting to a couple leaves. A fine copy of RitchieÕs last major work. One of fifty copies printed by Ward Ritchie. This is the thirtieth publication of Laguna Verde Imprenta. Note: The printed number on the colophon identifies this as #29, but the number has been crossed out in ink with ÒXXXÓ (i.e., thirty).
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.