Alphabets And Others

Natasluga, Alabama & Fairhope Alabama: Armstrong Press & The Slow Loris Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth front cover paper label. Near fine. Three page introduction. Host of unpaginated, illustrated pages. 44 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 36 of 125 signed by both authors in blue ink. With seven fold-outs and alphabet samples laid-in rear pocket of wood and metal type printing. Bibliography. With an historical overview in the Introduction discussing Updike fuming at the new "black letter" and "fat face" that were making their appearance. The review also discusses the early advent of wood and metal type. Interior contents as new with the larger folding plates in a pocket at book rear. (Inventory #: 24402)