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THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLISHERS' BINDING STYLES, 1770-1900.
Sadleir, Michael

   

- London : Constable & Co. 1930
- 8vo.
- parchment backed marbled paper-covered boards.
- x, 96 pages.
- Order Nr. 3154
- Price: $ 300.00



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First edition. Limited to 500 copies. (S-K 7056, Brenni no.412). One of the volumes in the Bibliographia Series edited by Sadleir; certainly one of the most important books in the series. Discusses the evolution of the paper wrapper into boards, paper labels, cloth, ink-blocking on cloth and other ornamentation. Minor cover rubbing. Ownership inscription in pencil. Well preserved copy.

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THE GOLDEN GALLEON.
by Fowler, Arthur (editor)

Volume 1, number 1 (January 1924) through Volume 2, number 3 (Summer 1925) of this interesting literary magazine that includes original essays, stories, poems, and woodcuts by artists such as A. Edward Newton, Vincent Starrett, George Sterling, Arthur Symons, and William Rose Benet among many others. Illustrated with woodcuts. First issue has corner of back cover chipped off.




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