What I Believe.

ZEITLIN, Jake.

Item Number: 112953

First limited edition of this moving excerpt from Zeitlin’s This I Believe, printed on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Quarto, French fold with woodcut engraving to the front panel. Signed by Jake Zeitlin on the front panel. One of 600 copies printed on the occasion of his 75th birthday, November 4, 1977. In near fine condition.

During his sixty years as a rare book seller, Jacob Zeitlin, along with his many friends and associates known as the "Zeitlin circle," was a significant force in the cultural and intellectual life of Los Angeles in the mid-twentieth century. Published on the occasion of his 75th birthday, in this brief manifesto Zeitlin staes, "My occupation as a bookseller is an expression of my beliefs. My days and nights are spent with books and bookish people. Whatever brings knowledge to men, whatever raises their minds and emotions, whatever preserves the products of their imagination and their history, has value to me."