Order Nr. 5776 EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF ROGER PAYNE.

EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF ROGER PAYNE.

(Bookbinding).

Edmond G. Gress, Chairman.

  • New York: Harbor Press, 1928.
  • tall 12mo.
  • boards, paper cover label.
  • (x), 28, (2) pages.

Price: $20.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 5776

Limited to 700 copies, of which this is one of 525 copies printed for members of the Institute of Graphic Arts. Two bookplates on the front pastedown, one of which is Bill Jackson of The Four Ducks Press. Head of spine worn, else a fine copy. Spoof in which a supposed diary of Roger Payne, the famous English bookbinder, is reproduced. Roger Payne (1739-1797) was a noted English bookbinder, thought to have originated a new style.