The Golden Book: The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present

"THE GOLDEN BOOK" - The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present by Douglas C. McMurtrie. 1927 2nd edition (stated); Pascal Covici; Chicago. Nicely illustrated with headpieces at the beginning of the chapters, and numerous illustrations, photographs, and facsimile documents. Decorative gilt covers and spine; the inside covers have a decorative gilt border along the outer edges. Gilt top page edges.

The contents are as follows: Of the Making of Books; Ancient Forms of Writing; The Origin of the Alphabet; Paper and Its Forbears; Books in Manuscript; Printing in the Far East; Woodcuts and Block Books; The Stage Setting for Typography; The Invention of Printing; The Development of Typography; The Venetian Masters; Early Illustrated Books; The First Book in English; The Study of the Incunabula; Subjects of the Incunabula; The Golden Age of Typography; Plantin of Antwerp; Master of Roman Type Design; The French Eighteenth Century; The Writing Master's Disciples; In the Track of Columbus; The Press Comes to Massachusetts; The Precocious Apprentice; Printer - Historian - Educator; A Typographical Messiah; The Process of Bookmaking; On Type Design; The Title Page; Book Illustration; The Decoration of Books; The Art of Bookbinding; Private Presses; Modern Fine Printing; Towards the Golden Book.

Condition:
The gilt on the spine has partially faded. Small cloth tears at three of the cover corners. Bright gilt top page edges. The title page has pulled from the spine half-way up from the bottom; there is a light smudge at the bottom-right corner. The text pages are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. Small cloth tear at the top-left corner of the spine. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.