The Twilight of Orthodxy in New England (SIGNED)
Northridge, CA: Santa Susana Press, 1987. First Edition #43 of 60 copies. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 65 pp. 3 wood block portraits of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, and a period church, each SIGNED and numbered by D'Ambrosio. Designed, printed and bound by D'Ambrosio. Black leather hinged spine and marbled paper covered boards; die-cut centerpiece of 23ct. gold leaf covered flames set into front cover; marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Item #21832
"The Twilight of Orthodxy in New England" was commissioned by Norman Tanis, Dean of Libraries at the time for California State Unniversity, Northridge, who is noted to be the secret author of the work that is attributed to William Nykamp on the title page. The book concerns the resistance in the New England colonies to Thomas Paine's revolutionary concept of secular responsibility. - D'Ambrosio, Memoir of Book Design, pg. 95.
Price: $350.00