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With Letter from Lionel Darly

A CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BOOKBINDINGS OFFERED FOR SALE BY BERNARD QUARITCH LTD.

- London : Bernard Quaritch 1921 - 4to. - paper-covered boards. - viii, 76 pages with a frontispiece and 79 other full-page plates of bookbindings. - Order Nr. 71985 - Price: $ 95.00

Mejer no.1487. A beautiful catalogue with some of the plates in full color. Lists 329 titles and includes indices by author and title as well as an index of arms, badges and provenances. Tipped-into this copy is an A.L.s by the binding authority, Lionel Darley, to "Sean". A note in pencil states that this is "Sean Jennett". The letter concerns this "stupendous Catalogue". With the Randeria bookplate.

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