Commonplace Book Three

Grover, Sherwood and Katharine

Thirty-five quotations from sources as varied as a Japanese primary school reader, Horace, a Chinese curse, Kashmiri wisdom, Afghani aphorism, all appearing under enigmatic titles, for example: Are You Listening? A Crime for Dying, Rock and Roll of Ages, Let Them Hunt Foxes, Why Buy a Cow? Some Like it Cold; printed in thirty-five typefaces, listed at rear, many two colour, handmade paper; 75 copies.

Publisher: Grace Hoper Press. First American edition 1960
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: San Francisco
Spots of foxing to prelims, very good in dustwrapper darkened around spine and with a section cut out of the spine of the dustwrapper to make the title visible.


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