New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small squar quarto, blue cloth covered boards decorated with white lettering and black decoration. Illustrated endpapers. 120pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions of beautiful books, printing and illustration, from manuscripts through modern type. A very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a faint soft crease at top edge. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 06029
Title: Fine Books, Pleasures And Treasures
Author: Thomas, Alan G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: FINE, BOOKS, THOMAS, BOOKS ON BIBLIOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATION, MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATION, ILLUSTRATED, BINDING, PRINTING, PRESS, PRIVATE, SMALL, HAND, PLATES, TYPE, LITHOGRAPHY, COLOR, ENGRAVING, WOOD, STEEL, PAINTING, ART, ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR
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