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Lot 431

[TORCH PRESS]. A group of 16 Christmas keepsakes privately ...

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[TORCH PRESS].?A group of 16 Christmas keepsakes privately printed for friends of the Press.?Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, v.d. [1910?1932]. All 8vo, all in original bindings, all limited editions, several illustrated with illuminations, condition generally very good. The Torch Press was founded by Luther A. Brewer in 1907 and would be in operation for the next 55 years specializing in fine press. ?The Torch Press, in its Iowa home, is one of the many establishments widely scattered over this country which deserve much praise for the love and skill and pains with which they hold high the standard of their craft? (New York Times, 1911).