Wings for Intelligence
Baltimore MD: Schneidereith & Sons, 1940.
Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #9558
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Celebrates the 500th anniversary of printing. Signed "C. Wm. Schneidereith" on half-title page. Portrait frontispiece and four illustration pages. Colophon: "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this commemorative Keepsake have been printed by Schneidereith & Sons, Baltimore, Md. February, 1940. The Text is set in 12 point Weiss Roman and the Marginal Notes in 14 point Goudy Text. Paper for Text Pages: Strathmore Text, 80 lb. Ivory, Laid Antique. Illustrated Inserts: De Jonge Art Mat, 100 lbs Ivory. Cover and Flyleaves: Strathmore Beau Brilliant, 80 lb. Riviera Rose. Binding: The Albrecht Company." Single page "Two Suggestions For Those Who Love Books" laid in; suggests visits to Enoch Pratt Library exhibition featuring the Pierpont Morgan copy of the Gutenberg Bible and to the Library of Congress to see the St Paul copy of the Gutenberg Bible in the Vollbehr collection of incunabula. An attractive Keepsake showcasing the fine press workmanship of the Baltimore printer Schneidereith & Sons, and signed by the third generation member of that firm. ; Ex-Library; 0 pages; Signed by Associated.
Price: $39.95