Ruzicka, Rudolph

[Greeting Cards] . . . With Greetings for the New Year to the Friends of the Merrymount Press 1927 [- 1942]

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1926-1941. Unbound. Item #9609

16 unbound bifolia. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2." Issued, with printed greeting on the recto of the first leaf and title of the illustration on the recto of the second. A wonderful series of greeting cards depicting Massachusetts (principally Boston) landmarks. All are nearly fine. Additionally, a broadside greeting card from Ruth Greenough (1940) with illustration of Chester Greenough's Library; also color separation proofs of Ruzicka's "View of the Market House at Salem" (the illustration for the 1941 keepsake); these proofs are somewhat soiled. An uncommon group of Ruzicka keepsakes for the Merrymount Press that began in 1912. Updike, Notes on the Merrymount Press, p. 271-2.

Price: $400.00