WESCOTT GLENWAY A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers

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WESCOTT, GLENWAY. A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers. Illustrated by Pavel Tchelitchew. Printed in Holland by Enschede under the supervision of J. van Krimpen and the first book to be printed in his twelve-point Romanee type. 4to, original 3/4 russet calf with gilt-lettered black spine labels, minor scattered soiling, few surface scuffs, mild rubbing mostly to spine foot. Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932

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number 39 of only 40 copies, signed by wescott and tchelitchew, with an additional signed presentation inscription from the author. "For Coburn Britton, a man who, in the sphere of literature, may be canonizable with thanks for raising my talent from the dead. Glenway." Britton was a poet and publisher who later founded the belletrist journal Prose.