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Merle Armitage

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Description: Brief essay about artist and book designer Merle Armitage, originally intended for publication in Matrix: A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, volume 16, but published separately. Gloria Stuart assisted Ward Ritchie in finishing the article when his eyesight started to fail him.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1996.
Call number: 653917
Creator: Ritchie, Ward (1905-1996)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Sylvia Thompson Park, January 2022.
Dimensions: 29 cm
Associated people: Stuart, Gloria,; Stuart, Gloria,; Gerry, Vance,
Associated organization: Whittington Press,
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