prairie printer de medary marjorie (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. very good- hardcover with tattered dust jacket / DJ has large piece missing from lower back panel, tape repaired area, closed tears, accordion-ed creases, and light rubbing / boards show a little wear at corner and spine tips / internals appear clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition (with a unique insert) of an interesting bit of Americana -- a young adult novel of the domestic heroism of pioneer printers in the 19th century American Middle West. In the novel, a young Ohio printer seeks adventure by migrating to the rugged environs of pre - Civil War Iowa. A true Little House on the Prairie of lead type, author Marjorie Medary draws upon and celebrates the actual experiences of her grandather in constructing the tale. In a particularly keen tribute, this copy includes a fine press, single sheet broadside "A Ballad of Three Printers," doggerel devised and publihed by a trio of Iowa printers that included her grandfather in the 1850s. ( "Come All Ye Brother Printers/ Who Are Incline to Roam", it begins.) The piece was reproduced by Marjorie Medary in a facsimile edition at a fine press workshop in 1949. The book is warmly inscribed by Marjorie Medary to a previous owner on the half title page. There is an additional, non-author, gift inscription on the facing page. Red cloth, 288 pages, illustrated. Includes an interesting bibliography of historical reference sources at back. The book has light general wear. The "Ballad of Three Printers" is twice folded and placed at the front of the book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First Edition. Iowa author. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Chipping to spine ends and flap folds of jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. First Printing. Book is in Very Good condition, a tight sound copy with no markings to it. Dustjacket is very Good minus condition with A couple of small chips out of the top edge.