handsack press
ULTIMA AND
AFTER: A HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
1839 -1939
George
Frederic Lees
The handsack press Obelisk Press Facsimile Series
Book 2
Although Ultima and
After is not a book that was published by the Obelisk Press it is
none-the-less an important book to collectors of the Obelisk Press books. It was published in 1939 by Marcel Servant
at his Imprimerie Lecram-Servant (Vendome Press) as part of the celebration and
exhibition commemorating the centennial (1839 – 1939) of his printing works
located at 338 rue St. Honore in Paris.
The book traces the history of the printing works from its founder
Damase Jouaust Sr. to the then present owner and master printer Marcel
Servant. The book also served as the
catalog for the exhibition. Among the
publishers who owned and/or used the printing works throughout the years were
Damase Jouaust (father and son), Herbert Clarke, Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare
& Company), Jack Kahane (Obelisk Press), and Marcel Servant (Vendome
Press). Only five hundred copies of the
book were printed and original copies are extremely rare and have a value of
three to five thousand dollars. This
facsimile was created by painstakingly photographing each page of the original
1939 publication. The target copy was
rebound with the original stiff paper wrappers bound in and therefore the
original spine graphics are not visible. Thus there are no spine graphics on this
facsimile.
Price:
$24.95 (not including shipping)
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