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Author:

Silver, Joel, 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91012632

Title:

Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly : book collecting in a golden age / by Joel Silver.

Publisher:

Bird & Bull Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

131 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color facsimiles ; 23 cm

Subject:

Rosenbach, A. S. W.--(Abraham Simon Wolf),--1876-1952.
Lilly, Josiah Kirby,--1893-1966.
Booksellers and bookselling--United States--Biography.
Book collectors--United States--Biography.
Book collecting--United States--History.
Typefaces (Type evidence)--Dante.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Bixler, Michael. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94012247
Bixler, Winifred. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94012246
Bird & Bull Press. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81135606
Campbell-Logan Bindery. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85049259
Arjomari Prioux S.A. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96027626

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references. "140 copies printed on Arches mouldmade paper ... The book was composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery"--Colophon. Library has copy no. 100. IaU Quarter black morocco with mounted label; green cloth boards with gold stamping. Title printed in red and black; vignette.

Summary:

"This is a story about book collecting. It has two main characters--J.K. Lilly, Jr. (1893-1966), a book collector whose library is now housed at the Lilly Library at Indiana University, and Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1875-1952), an antiquarian bookseller whose own private library may be viewed and consulted at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia."--Prologue

OCLC:

(OCoLC)607584585

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)