Troubles of a Bibliophile; or, Outpourings from The Heart of a Bookloving Worldling [*SIGNED* by the printer]

  • SIGNED Softcover
  • Pasadena CA: Grant Dahlstrom, 1970
By Breslauer, Martin
Pasadena CA: Grant Dahlstrom. Fine. 1970. Second Edition. Softcover. (printed wrappers) [nice clean copy with no discernible wear]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the great Southern California printer (and in this case the publisher): "To ____ / that wide-ranging / bibliophile -- / Grant Dahlstrom." "First printed in 1935 (bound and distributed in 1937) from a translation by Ruth Frye Axe. Second edition, with added footnotes and bibliographical and biographical material by the translator. Printed in Pasadena, California, in 1970." The text of a talk originally delivered in German, at a dinner for the author's friend Paul Hirsch, on February 24, 1931. Breslauer (1871-1940) was a Berlin-born bookseller, who eventually ended up in London. .

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