In quest of the perfect book. Reminiscences & reflections of a bookman
by ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. First trade edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 316, [1]; eighty- three plates in black and white, one in color; fine copy in orig. brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., in jacket with a few creases, a bit of staining to rear panel, and small chips to top of spine. Sections on illuminated manuscripts, Gutenberg, Cobden-Sanderson, William Morris, Baskerville, Mark Twain, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32108
- Title
- In quest of the perfect book. Reminiscences & reflections of a bookman
- Author
- ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
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