The Million Charms of Empress Shotoku and Other Stories: A collection of tales about the preservation of rare books and documents for your amazement, edification... and enjoyment.
Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 30pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Item #36748
Tight and attractive first edition of this collection of stories about rare books and documents restored by the well-known Chicago printer. Tipped to the front flyleaf is the signature of Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, whose tale of finding a second Button Gwinnett signature affixed to the verso of a Gwinnett document he'd purchased is here recounted.
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