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  • SIGNED Original Wraps
  • San Francisco: The Pterodactyl Press, 1980
By Carl Van Vechten
San Francisco: The Pterodactyl Press, 1980. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A wonderful, beautifully-printed 1980 collection of dustjacket blurbs and advertising squibs written by Carl Van Vechten himself for his own books pubished by Alfred A. Knopf between 1916 and 1932. #8 of only 100 copies issued by the Pterodactyl Press of San Francsico. SIGNED AT THE COLOPHON BY BRUCE KELLNER AND PAUL PADGETTE-- AND BY WILLIAM KOSHLAND OF KNOPF. Bright and Fine in its elegant, marbled wrappers. ALSO INCLUDES A TIPPED-IN 1954 1 PG. TLS (on his personal stationary) from Carl Van Vechten.
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