[CHELONIIDAE PRESS]. ROBINSON, Alan James. H.P.M. Harold Patrick McGrath. Easthampton, MA, 1991.

4to. Etched frontispiece portrait of McGrath by Alan James Robinson and numerous other wood engravings, etchings, and linocuts from Leonard Baskin, Barry Moser, Fritz Eichenberg, Robinson, and Lance Hindy, among others; with an “Ektacolor” portrait print of McGrath at his press by Ned Gray in rear cover folder. Original marble boards with morocco lettering piece on spine, by the Gray Parrot bindery.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 210 copies of which this is number 43 of 100 roman-numbered copies, signed by Harold P. McGrath and A. J. Robinson. This volume was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the printing career of Harold Patrick McGrath. His career spanned more than fifty years and he was known for his work for the Cheloniidae Press, Leonard Baskin at his Gehenna Press, and Barry Moser at the Pennyroyal Press, among others.

[Laid in:] A bifolium signed by over 30 participants at “The Party” for McGrath held in Williamsburg, MA, June 8, 1991.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser

[CHELONIIDAE PRESS]. ROBINSON, Alan James. H.P.M. Harold Patrick McGrath. Easthampton, MA, 1991.