RARE BOOK I. A Selection of Rare Books and Manuscripts From Stock.
San Francisco: Randall & Windle, 1977. 1st Printing, 1st Issue. SIGNED, PRESENTATION copy. Unpaginated, though 306 items listed. Last page an advert for "Author and Other Available Collections". Frontis & other b/w illustrations. 11" x 8-1/2". Glossy blue paper covers printed in white. Some extremity wear, creases to rear cover. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. Item #51973
Abromson was a prominent NY collector; here Randall & Windle pen a long presentation inscription to the catalogue t.p., in which is detailed some of their personal histories. At the conclusion of which, they note, "This is the first issue of the catalogue, without the / self-mailing imprint on the lower cover!".
NB. Ron Randall the son of David Randall, prominent bookseller, and then the first Rare Books Librarian of the Lilly Library.
FWIW, quite an impressive first effort, including such items as a Kelmscott press copy of Spenser's Shepheardes Calendar [one of 6 copies printed on vellum] & a 1st edition of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
Price: $75.00