REID, Robert R.

A Young Printer in San Francisco 1949 [ONE of 15 Copies]

[Vancouver, BC]: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Andrea Taylor. Limited Edition. Patterned wraps covered with japonisme paper. 8vo. Unpaginated. Frontis. linocut portrait of Robert Reid signed and numbered by artist Andrea Taylor. Title page printed in red and black. Sewn and pasted in a limp paper-vellum case. Of 50 copies printed, the first 15 feature the frontis printed chine colle and a photo-etching at the rear. This is copy hand-numbered 11 at the colophon, and similarly numbered by Taylor at the frontis. Additionally, the book is signed by Robert Reid at the colophon. Fine. Item #5119

The text concerns Reid's youthful drive from British Columbia to San Francisco to attend the Rounce and Coffin Club's annual award ceremony, which included an Award of Merit for Reid's first book, a reprint of The Fraser Mines Vindicated by Alfred Waddington. During his San Francisco sojourn, Reid met the luminaries of San Francisco's fine press milieu. A superb, fresh copy.

Price: $400.00