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A collection of proverbs from all nations

Title: A collection of proverbs from all nations / with forty-four engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Publication: London : Acorn Press ; Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucesterhire : Whittington Press, 1979.

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Description

[94] p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Alternative Title

Proverbs

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Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bell.

Note

"350 copies"--T.p. verso.
Introd. signed: Lesley Macdonald.
"Hand-set in Bell type and printed from the original perspex blocks on Basingwerk Parchment at the Whittington Press, and bound by Weatherbys ... Published by the Acorn Press ... printed by the Whittington Press"--T.p. verso.
The ill. are perspex (acrylic plastic) engravings, printed in dark red, dark green or black.

Binding (note)

Binding: Publisher's illustrated orange paper boards. Issued in dark red paper covered slipcase.

Call Number

*KP (Whittington) 07-40

ISBN

LCCN

80509678

OCLC

7174702

Title

A collection of proverbs from all nations / with forty-four engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn.

Imprint

London : Acorn Press ; Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucesterhire : Whittington Press, 1979.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 43; signed by Weissenborn.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's illustrated orange paper boards. Issued in dark red paper covered slipcase.

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Added Author

Macdonald, Lesley, 1911-2001.

Weissenborn, Hellmuth. Illustrator

Acorn Press. Publisher

Whittington Press. Printer

Weatherbys (Firm) Binder

Research Call Number

*KP (Whittington) 07-40