Book Binding / The Rose A NOBS Double, with publisher’s letter
Massillon, OH: Northern Ohio Biblio. Soc, 1995. Artwork by G. Warlock Vance.
A dos-à-dos keepsake publication issued by the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, presenting two short stories bound back-to-back in deliberate homage to 1950s Ace paperback design. The Rose by Marjorie Weaver was the winner of NOBS’s second writing competition, while Book Binding by G. Warlock Vance was the runner-up. The striking original cover art—executed by Vance—reinforces the mid-century pulp aesthetic while remaining unmistakably late-20th-century in execution.
Octavo format. Saddle-stapled card-stock wraps. Clean, crisp, and well-preserved. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; no markings, creases, or losses. Gift quality.
Laid in is the original publisher’s letter dated December 30, 1995, addressed to NOBS members, explaining the conception of the volume and its place within the society’s keepsake tradition.
An appealing piece of late-20th-century bibliophilic ephemera combining small-press fiction, graphic design, and organized book-culture history.
Subjects: Dos-à-dos Binding; Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS); Writing Competitions; 1950s Paperback Design Influence; Pulp Aesthetics; Book Culture; Literary Keepsakes; Graphic Design in Publishing, Book Arts; Short Fiction; Small Press Literature; Bibliophilic Society Publications; Literary Ephemera.
Item #17225
Price: $25.00
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