Bromer Booksellers

(Allen Press)

Essays.

Montaigne, Michel de

Dean, Mallette (illus.)

Hillsborough, CA: Allen Press, 1948. Octavo. 181pp. One of 200 copies printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, who operated at the time as the L-D Allen Press. With decorative headpieces by Mallette Dean, and illuminated initial capitals by the Allens. Chosen as one of AIGA's Fifty Books of the year. Bound in reddish-purple brocade with fleur-de-lys pattern in gold, the whole executed by William Wheeler. T.e.g. Scant rubbing to edges, slipcase fairly worn, else a nearly fine copy of an early Allen Press title. Item #28576

(Allen Press Bibliography 7).

Price: $450.00