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Anecdota SCOWAH

1956

San Francisco : Printed privately for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco

San Francisco Public Library

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28 pages

"250 copies printed; here lies the Grabhorn Press"--Colophon, no. 1; "300 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco"--Colophon, no. 2-5
Library copies are without copy numbering. Issues 1-3 and 5 are presentation copies signed by Nat Schmulowitz
"It is contemplated that Anecdota SCOWAH will appear from time to time at unscheduled intervals ... The total is undetermined ... The object of the publications is the reprinting as keepsakes for the members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, of rare, obscure or choice anecdotes ..."--No. 1, p. [1]
The acronym SCOWAH refers to the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor, housed in Book Arts and Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library
Includes bibliographical references
v. 1. [Epitaphia] / by N.S.X.M.P. -- v. 2. The legend of Joe Miller / by Evan Esar -- v. 3. The ancient Greeks & Joe Miller / by Albert Rapp -- v. 4. The Joe Miller of the Near East / by Albert Rapp -- v. 5. The facetiae of Poggio the Florentine / by Albert Rapp
Title page and front cover are the same leaf; asserted as title. No table of contents.

eng

no. 1 (1956)

Sponsored by: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant; Sponsored on: 20120930

oclc: urn:oclc:record:830325888
bib: b25447609
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