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New York:: The Grolier Club,, 1921.. First edition.. publisher's boards in wrapper and slipcase.. Wrapper tanned; slipcase split at several joints and dust-soiled.. 8vo,.

New York:: The Grolier Club,, 1894.. First edition.. publisher's stiff wrappers in plain unprinted wrapper.. Large chip to the unprinted wrapper which is hand-lettered on the spine; otherwise near fine.. 8vo,.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1921. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. One of 404 copies. Lacks slipcase. Label remains on front jacket flap. Lightly foxed. 1921 Hard Cover. xi, 178 pp. On the evening of January 23, 1884, New York printing press manufacturer and book collector Robert Hoe invited to his home eight fellow bibliophiles to discuss the formation of a club devoted to the book arts. Although the nine men differed in age, occupation and social position, they shared the opinion that the arts of printing and typography in late 19th-century America were in need of reform. Hoe and his associates were all involved in the editing, design, production, sale or acquisition of fine books, and his invitation fired their imaginations. They were also men of action, and before the evening ended, a resolution had been adopted specifying the purpose of the organization, a committee had been appointed to choose a name for the group, and another to draft a constitution. Within two weeks, a suggestion that… Leer más