AN ARCHIVE OF WORK BY ELIZABETH AND J. EDOUARD DIAMOND, from the library of the late H. B. Muir.
More than 40 items, dating from 1940 to the early 1950s, mainly printed in numbers ranging from 5 to 100 copies by the Diamonds at their two small private presses - The Diapure Press and The Hyacinth Press - operated from their home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The Diamonds were also avid bookplate collectors, and many of their printings were devoted to bookplates. Many of the original posting envelopes are present, all sent to H. B. Muir (noted by the Diamonds as 'Henry Blake Muir', with some hand addressed to him as 'Brother'. A few were addressed to his wife [by her maiden name, Marcie Collett. The Diamond printings are charming and visually very appealing. Item #161510
Price: $1,200.00