The Overbrook Press : an example of collecting in depth. San Francisco : ms., 1975 Nov. 18.

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The Overbrook Press : an example of collecting in depth. San Francisco : ms., 1975 Nov. 18.

An address given before the Roxburghe Club, concerning his collection of rare books and fine printing, with emphasis on the Overbrook Press and its founder, Frank Altschul.

[1], 25 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Overbrook Press, Stamford, Conn.

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Strouse, Norman H.

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Regents' Professor, Librarianship 296A. From the description of Materials for seminar course, The Collecting of Books and Manuscripts : School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, 1971 March - June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122354916 Norman Strouse was born outside Olympia, Washington in 1906. A high school graduate, he went to work for the "Seattle Post Intelligencer," where he advanced to handling the paper's national advertising. In 1949 he began a ...

Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981

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