The Magic of the Book: More Reminiscences and Adventures of a Bookman.
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Little, Brown & Company,, 1930.. First Impression of the Trade Edition. Fine. A Fine copy in a Fine DJ. Octavo. Brown boards, lettered and elaborately stamped in gilt. xi, [1], 314pp. Colored frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates. A companion volume to his ''In Quest of the Perfect Book', the continuing explorations, discoveries and saga of a supreme Bookman. From the resurrection of the Vatican Library to the printing of the Early American Colonies, a fine work from the modern historian of the book. The typography, press work, and binding are by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, executed under the personal supervision of the author, William Dana Orcutt. Companion volumes reviewed on dust jacket. Boards
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7090
- Title
- The Magic of the Book
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Impression of the Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1930.
- Keywords
- Bookman, book collectors, antiquarian books, bookselling the vatican library, JP Morgan, Henry Huntington Books
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About the Seller
Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
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Langley, Washington
About Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
Established in 1986, Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books features original engravings and lithographs from the 17th through the 19th Centuries including original work by John James Audubon, early Natural History Prints, Botany and Horticulture, Maps and Cartography.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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