Item #139277 THE OLD GENTLEMAN. Gilbert Highet.
THE OLD GENTLEMAN.

THE OLD GENTLEMAN.

Pp. 32(printed in blue & black, last colophon), title page vignette, text illustrations; f'cap. 8vo; patterned paper wrappers, french folded and stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light creasing; Oxford University Press, New York, 1952. First edition. *Of this edition 350 copies were set aside by the publisher as Monograph No. 37 for distribution by the Typophiles. A Christmas tale about George Washington during the American Revolution. Designed by John Begg. The cover is a replica of an early American wallpaper, circa 1790, and the illustrations are from wood engravings of the same period, mostly by Alexander Anderson. Item #139277

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