Shirer, William L. An August to Remember

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New York, West Stockbridge: Thornwillow Press, 1986.  Only the second publication from this important small press.

Limited edition 63/250 softcover copies (in addition to 50 hardcover copies).  Inscribed and dated in year of publication by the author.

Shirer, who worked as a journalist for the duration of World War II, spending the first year of the war reporting from Berlin, describes his own thought process after the unleashing of atomic bombs on Japan, and considers how the world will forever be changed.

The book was set in Baskerville Monotype by the Mackenzie-Harris corporation in San Francisco. It was hand-printed on a Vandercook press on Arches paper from France in July 1986 at the Penmaen Press in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The cover illustration is by Irena Martens and the design and printing are by Luke Ives Pontifell. 

A fine copy with coverstock from handmade bark paper from Japan.  Scarce signed.