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46 x 40 mm.
© Allen Press
Printer/Publisher: Allen Press. Allen, Lewis M. Allen, Dorothy, 1908- .
Country: California (U.S.) City: Kentfield Date: 1956
Keywords: hearts, printing presses
Mottoes, Text:
Names, Initials: Allen Press
Device Designer: Dean, Mallette, 1907- .
Device Reference: Weygand, J.L. Collection of pressmarks p. 10
Go to Page: 9 11
Usage Period:
Notes: "This is the most recent heart-and-hand press device of this press. Designed and engraved on wood by Mallette Dean, in a "modern" manner, the heart again symbolizes the husband and wife private pressmen that today produce an average of 2 fine books a year." © James Lamar Weygand
Source:
Weygand, James Lamar.
A collection of pressmarks gathered from America's private presses and from others not so private.
Nappanee, Ind., Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1956.
Reference:
Location: University of Florida
URL: https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/allen10.htm