The 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible. With introduction on the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg by Alloys Ruppel, Dr. phil.
Chicago, IL: Coverdale Press, 1961. First edition, 1/985 copies (this #70) signed by the author. Folio. xvi, 263 pp. Illustrated from photographs, text pages, bindings, etc., plates, some in color, color frontispiece portrait of Gutenberg, maps, endpaper maps of the world locating copies of the Gutenberg Bible; title page printed in red and black. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front endpaper in 1962 and with the recipient's bookplate just above the inscription; laid in is page two of a 1974 autograph letter, signed by the author, and with a few manuscript additions, to the recipient, concerning a remainder of the book he had acquired from the printer, trips he made to reassess the census, and other matters. A few white paint spots on upper portion of spine, else very good. Gilt-stamped decorated red leather, top edge gilt, by Donnelley, publisher's slipcase. (9568). Item #62938
Price: $375.00