The Present Crisis
Eugene, OR: John Henry Nash Fine Arts Press, University of Oregon, 1941. Vellum Binding. Very Good binding. Item #8454
Folio. [12] pp., frontis. Numbered 88 of an undisclosed limitation. As issued, sewing into limp vellum. Title stamped in gold on the front cover. Lacking slipcase. A fairly bright, clean copy; vellum is generally relaxed and flat, but that is changeable.
Printed 50 years after his death, this is a finely printed edition of Lowell's anti-slavery anthem. In 1910, the title was used as the title for the official publication of the NAACP, "The Crisis." Among the last of the prolific output of John Henry Nash, one of the 20th century's fine printers. BAL 13476.
Price: $75.00