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COPY NUMBER 1 IN UNIQUE BOX (ROGER ASCHAM PRESS.) Gustafson, Ralph. Manipulations on Greek Themes. Printed in red and black on handmade paper. 14 wood-engravings by Oswald Turner. 8vo, 1/4 gilt-lettered red oasis goatskin over multi-color batik linen by Muriel McDonagh using traditional Greek designs; felt-lined linen clamshell box with unique gilt-stamped cover label of matching red goatskin with Sondheim's name and the copy number. Norman J. Sondheim bookplate on pastedown of volume. Toronto, (1986)
copy number 1 of only 120 copies, with a unique book box and additional set of engravings specially created for Sondheim by the publisher, George McDonagh. A few Typed Letters Signed by McDonagh and and some press ephemera including a rather elaborate prospectus are included. One of the letters explains the binding production and the special box crafted for him. with--Buitenhuis. Five American Moderns: Mary McCarthy, Stephen Crane, J.D. Salinger, Eugene O'Neill, H.L. Mencken. 1 of 90 copies. Laid into a custom box with correspondence from Ascham to Sondheim. Toronto, 1968 Bauer. A Slight Trace of Ash. Translated by Humphrey Milnes. Illustrated by Aba Bayefsky. 67/160 copies. 1976.
