The Nijmegen Proof: A Romance of Rare Books.
Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co., 1988,
First Edition, Limited to 650 copies, signed on the colophon page by the author, S. Barkworth (aka Arthur Freeman). octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 151 pp. Holmes Publishing Co., Item #35073
"When a fragmentary proof of a lost Latin text, printed in strange moveable types older than any by Gutenberg, turns up for sale in provinical England, a comparably odd set of characters yearn to explain it, exploit it, possess it. Learned and rapacious professionals from London and New York jostle with imperious collectors, steely librarians, glib auctioneers, impoverished aristocrats and limitless boundation money." Inscribed and signed by the publisher to the owners of The Colophon Book Shop on the front endpaper, "For Christine and Bob Liska - From their friend, the publisher, David J. Holmes. / Philadelphia, 17 January 1989." Very fine in dust jacket.
Price: $75.00