The Kingdom of Books de Orcutt, William Dana - 1927

Little Brown & CO, 1927T. hardcover. Good. 1.4173 in x 8.7402 in x 6.2205 in. Ex-library hardcover. No dust jacket. Library stickers, labels and stamps on cover and inside. Cover is in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, free of markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover.

Little Brown, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Crisp, clean pages except for prior owners' names on the front free endpaper, a gift note penned on the half-title page, and some age-toning to endpapers; the gilt head edging shows a few scuffs; the full brown cloth hard cover has lines of light surface wear along spine sides, darkening along the spine and a few small, brown droplet marks at lower spine, a few loose threads at the shallowly frayed spine ends, and surface wear to the free corners and heel edges, but remains strikingly attractive, with gilt titles and decoration at front and spine. xii, 290pp., color frontis + b/w illus. throughout.

Little Brown & CO, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 290 pages, color frontispiece, many b&w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Previous owner's bookplate and 5-line note on front fly leaf. Otherwise, clean and tight copy. Record # 403604

hardback. Near Fine. Illustrated. 2nd printing. Boston (Little Brown) 1927. About fine.

Little, Brown. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1927 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. xii, 290 pp, tissue protected color frontis, list of b&w illustrations of book designs and bindings, I. Prime Ministers of the Book, II. Modern Masters of Typography, III. Books "Al Fresco," IV. Books of the Cradle, V. The Book in Full Dress, VI. The Clothing of Books, VII. A Personality and a Shrine, L'envoi, index. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Excellent history of the book, typography, printing and collecting in the early 20th century. The cover, A modern adaptation of the Nicholas Eve 'fanfare' design, used on a copy of Valerii Maximi Dictorum, Antwerp, 1574, is designed by Enrico Monetti. Only the slightest wear to tips front fore-edge board with browning to endpapers, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with ornate gilt design and gilt top edge..

London: John Murray, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover book, stated First Trade Edition. Brown cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Tiny bit of wear at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gorgeous color frontispiece illustration with printed tissue guard ("The Bookstalls on the Quai Malaquais"). Pages are clean, with many wonderful illustrations throughout. 291 pages. An amazing guide to the global world of book collecting..