ESSAYS BY AN OLD COUNTRY PRIEST: Monsignor Francis J. Weber

Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is number 22 of 200 copies signed by Monsignor Weber. "Written over 38 years by Monsignor Weber and published in Hoja Volante, the subjects of the essays are Zamorano members, California book printers, miniature books, the history of missions (particularly San Fernando), and the general world of books. The edition is letterpress printed by Norman Clayton at Classic Letterpress, Ojai and bound by Mariana Blau at A-1 Bookbinding, Los Angeles." Octavo: [ii, blank], 123, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. with a tipped-in frontispiece portrait. Original gray paper-covered boards (truncated) over a red cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. (Inventory #: 78230)