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Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Trade Edition. Hardcover.

Little, Brown & Co., Boston: 1926., 1926 316p. Color frontis plus full page illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original gold decorated brown cloth binding. Top Edge Gilt. Uncut. 1st trade Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Impression of the Trade Edition.Gilt lettering & ornate front cover decoration. Top edge gilt. 8vo, 316 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good+. 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1926. Dusty top edge. ; Gilt lettering and decorative lines on front cover. T. E. G. Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Profusely illustrated. Index. ; Color & B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages .

MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade. Very good plus. Hardcover, gilt top foredge, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, gold stamping on front cover and spine, cover and foredges very lightly soiled, pages lightly browned at edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston. Little, Brown & Company. 1926. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, second impression, colour frontis and 51 plates, (portraits & title pages), text illustrations, index, t.e.g. gilt decorated brown cloth, near fine copy (bksds.38913) ~Orcutt discusses elegant books; finely printed, extra-illustrated, and superbly bound. Generally the outward appearance and physical make-up.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. cloth, top edge gilt. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. (x), 318 pages. Second impression. Spine slightly age-darkened; front hinge tender. Else a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated. Many excellent chapters of interest to the book-collector.

1926. ORCUTT, William Dana. In Quest of the Perfect Book, Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman. Original gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g. Illustrated. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First trade edition. Fine in d/j.

Little, Brown. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1926. Hardcover. 0804605823 . Essay And General Literature Index Reprint Series; pages .

John Murray, 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Impression of the Trade Edition. Handsome copy. With beautiful gilted frontispiece. Clean, well-preserved copy. With gilt embossed front cover. Covers looking very bright and showing little wear. Name neatly inked to endpage. Waxed paper jacket in general good condition, with old clear tape reinforcing corners. Gilting to top ends. Quality bookmaking of a bygone era, befitting its subject. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library..

Book. Good. Binding see description. Boston, 1926. 316pp. 85 illus. in the text. Index. Cloth. Dustjacket. .

London, John Murray, London, John Murray. 1926, First Edition. Illustrated. Decorated cloth with top edge gilt. In good condition.

Boston: Little Brown, 1926. fine in very good d.j. inscription signed by Orcutt . photo's. Boston: fine in very good dj inscription signed by Orcutt 1926 inscription "to Arthur Barter, from hid nices friend 'the author' William Dana Orcutt 10 September 1926

London, John Murray, 1926.. 318pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, chipped edges. Black and white illustrations. A very good copy. . First trade edition. Scarce in dustwrapper.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First Impression ofthe First Edition. Color frontispiece. Numerous plates throughout, some color. 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dj. First Impression ofthe First Edition. Color frontispiece. Numerous plates throughout, some color. 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Book. Good. Binding see description. London, 1926. 316pp. 85 illus. in the text. Index. Cloth. (soiled throughout). 0.

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.

Boston: Little Brown & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. MCMXXVI. Hardcover.

Boston. Little, Brown & Co. 1926. tall8vo, 24cm, (xviii), 316 p., limited edition of 350 numbered copies this being #16, signed by author, colour frontis (illuminated manuscript), 84 illustrations with added 6 illustrations only appearing in limited edition, index, quarter vellum, brown boards, t.e.g., fine copy (Lof). ~ Chapters: In Quest for the Perfect Book; The Kingdom of Books; Friends through Type; The Lure of Illumination; Friends through the Pen; Triumphs of Typography; The Spell of the Laureziana (Library). William Dana Orcutt (1870-1953) was prominent American book and typeface designer and author. An impressive production with typography, presswork, and binding by Plimpton Press. Norwood, Massachusetts.