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GOSSIP ABOUT BOOK COLLECTING
Andrews, William Loring
2 volumes.

- New York : Dodd, Mead and Co. 1900 - 8vo. - decorated limp boards with printed paper jacket, top edge gilt, later cardboard slipcase. - (x),98; viii,102 pages. - Order Nr. 104111 - Price: $ 425.00

The first edition of this work has been limited to 157 copies of which this is one of the 116 copies printed on Holland paper for subscribers. (Duschnes 40; Webber 20) Gossip About Book Collecting displays 5 plates in the first volume and 7 plates in the second volume, five of which are in color. Because of Andrews' interest in bookbinding, many of the articles in the book are on bookbinding and bookbinders. Andrews was a founder of the Grolier Club and founder and president of the Society of Iconophiles. His collection was sold to a dealer shortly before his death. Beautifully printed by the Gilliss Press, this scarce title has some cover soiling and wear to outer jacket. Bookplate.

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> HENRY RAUP WAGNER, 1862-1957, AN EXHIBITION OF RARE BOOKS HONORING THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH.

MEZZOTINTS. by Davenport, Cyril. First edition, one of 50 bound thus and printed on Japanese paper. Davenport provides notes on techniques for creating mezzotints, as well as a wealth of information on the engravers who are noted for this art form. Illustrated with plates, many of which are portraits of well known figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, that are examples of the work of the artists mentioned. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Some cover soiling.