In Quest Of the Perfect Book

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. Stated first printing of the trade edition, September 1926. Includes personalized inscription to a John C. Hobbs signed by the author on the half-title. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges trimmed, color frontis, other plates in black and white, 317 pages, dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Little, Brown & Company, 1926-01-01. First edition. Hardbound. Good/No Dustjacket as issued. First impression of the trade edition, stated. Hardbound book in good+ condition particularly considering age of item. Bookplate of previous owner is placed on inside of front cover. Pages show edge toning and some foxing. Top edge of text block is gilt;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Third printing. Minor chips and minor tears to jacket edges, front jacket flap price-clipped. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. 316 pp. Brown boards with gilt titles and decor, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout. William Dana Orcutt (1870-1953) was an… Saber más sobre este artículo

ORCUTT, William Dana. In Quest of the Perfect Book. 8vo. Original three-quarter vellum. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First edition. One of 365 copies signed by the author. A fine copy.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An unusually attractive copy in hardcover format and First Edition state, a warm, creamy brown cloth cover, with gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine mimicing the Grolier design type, a fine full-color illustration at frontis of Queen Mary's… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Trade Edition (stated).. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. First Trade Edition (stated). Fine/Good. Stated First Trade edition in scarce original unclipped dust jacket. Decorated American trade binding. Clean brown cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover, gold lettering with very small decoration on spine. No fraying, fading… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket chipped at top corners . and head of spine.. 1926. First Trade Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. A collection of essays about the book arts, printing history, typography, Orcutt's author acquaintances, illuminated manuscripts and other bibliophilic topics. Brown cloth with elaborate border design stamped on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt borders, designs and title on the front cover. 316 pages. Color frontispiece, illustrated. Gilt top edge. Light edgewear. A couple of small spots on the spine.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and extensive rules, pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, numerous full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Exceptionally tight 'n' bright first trade edition -- with usually-absent jacket not only present but quite nice. An unusually fresh copy. Orcutt… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1926.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in brown cloth with gilt stamping (rubbing to lettering on spine, previous owner's name), no dust jacket. . First trade edition. Includes chapters on printing, typography, illustrations and much more - illustrated with a full color frontispiece with a captioned tissue guard and many plates throughout the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First impression of the trade edition." Brown boards with gold title and decoration on front. Title on spine is faded and bottom board edges lightly rubbed. Gilt top page edges. Color frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates, and numerous illustrations. Clean, tight and straight.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Hardcover. Good+ (Very Good+ textblock). No DJ. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Hardcover. Orcutt was a book and type designer who work with/at the renowned Plimpton Press. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Brown cloth with a modern adaption of Enrico Monetti's design; Spine title a bit faded. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust jacket small loss at… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Gilt titles. 316pp. Rubbing else near fine.

Boston : Little, Brown, 1926. Reprinted Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 316 pages; Description: [14], 316, [1] p. , [51] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col. ) , facsims. , ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Orcutt, William Dana,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First trade edition. Hardcover in chocolate brown cloth ornately stamped and lettered in gilt. Profusely illustrated with full page plates including a color frontis "Queen Mary Psalter" with captioned tissue guard. Fine. A handsome volume, a collection of pieces on books, authors, printing and book collecting. Orcutt comments… Saber más sobre este artículo

1926. Hardcover. Good+ (Very Good+ textblock). No DJ. Hardcover. Orcutt was a book and type designer who work with/at the renowned Plimpton Press. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all its facets. Very nice reading copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, ex libris (in library binding, spine marking, removed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Brown boards with gilt lettering and . decoration; top edge gilt. Book is clean, straight and tight with light . spotting to spine and back board. Jacket has edge wear and small chips to . spine ends and corners.. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 9.25 x 6 x 1.25 inches; 316… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Clean pages except for some age-toning to edges and endpapers; the gilt head edging shows a few tiny scratches; the binding is rather relaxed, showing stitches between signatures and with a long crack to the final free endpaper exposing netting, but remains overall… Saber más sobre este artículo

London (Albemarle Street): John Murray, 1926. 1st UK Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st UK edition, first printing. [xii], 318pp, with a colour plate frontispiece and numerous further monochrome plate illustrations, many appearing in print for the first time here. In strong buckram cloth boards extensive gilt decorations… Saber más sobre este artículo