House Of Song.|The Kissam, Edward Fine Press Books

oblong 4to. heavy cardstock boards, brown printed paper dust jacket. (26) pages. Privately printed by Ronald Gordon in an edition of 25 numbered copies. This copy is additionally inscribed in ink for Joseph Blumenthal of The Spiral Press (New York) opposite the colophon and signed by the printer and translator. The head of the spine of the dust jacket has a small tear, else a near fine copy of this very scarce apprentice-work by Ronald Gordon, later of The Oliphant Press. Beautiful wood-engraved borders throughout. While a student at Amherst, Ronald Gordon studied printing and bookmaking with Leonard Baskin and Harold McGrath. Gordon interned at Baskin's Gehenna Press, and as part of his apprenticeship made several books under the Apiary Press imprint, Smith College's student publications imprint. Soon after graduating, Gordon established The Oliphant Press as a private press in New York City. OCLC/WorldCat locates only three copies (Smith College, Amherst College, and Princeton University). heavy cardstock boards, brown printed paper dust jacket