The Hammer Creek Press has Engulfed the Hell-Box Press
[New York]: Hammer Creek Press, [1952]. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Item #9699
16mo. [8] pp., illus. Limited edition, number of copies unknown. As issued, sewn in printed wrappers. Very light toning to the extremities and covers; nevertheless, a very nice copy. Bookplate of noted collector Norman Sondheim on the verso of the front wrappers.
Comprises title page/announcement; two engravings, one of the Hell-Box Press and the second, the Hammer Creek Press; and a colophon. The Hell-Box Press was one of Fass's earlier printing endeavors. Hammer Creek Press began when in 1950 when Fass purchased from Valenti Angelo a small iron press previously owned by Bruce Rogers who had sold it to Angelo the year before. It was on this press of significant provenance that the bulk of the Hammer Creek Press editions were printed, few of which have stated limitations. With only 4 institutions reporting ownership according to OCLC, it is difficult to imagine this title was produced in an edition of more than a few dozen copies, if that. Cohen 15; DePol, Catalogue Raisonne, p. 40.
Price: $575.00