Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Light normal rubbing on exterior, with faded lettering on spine; a nice copy. A narrative by a famous bookman. 316 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kennikat Press, Port Washington, N.Y.
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780804605823ISBN:0804605823
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Facsims., ports. 23 cm. 316pp. Has light wear. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Internally Clean. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 3lbs. read more
Description: Good. Book is clean and tight with edgewear, rubbing, glue staining to inside covers, light yellowing to pages, and previous owner marking to inside front cover and ffep. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardback.
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: 1926
ISBN-13:9780804605823ISBN:0804605823
Description: No dust jacket. Very good condition. B&W Photographs and Illustrations; 1 Color Illustration. 316 p. plates, ports., facsims. 25 cm. Ex-library marks. read more
Edition: Second printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.,, Boston, Massachusetts:
Date Published: 1926.
Description: Very Good. Octavo, 9 " tall, 316 pages, gilt titles, decorations and top fore-edge, brown cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover edition with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press, Freeport
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Ex-Lib; 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 316 pages; Grey cloth with minor rubbing at edges but not frayed. Ex-Library with usual markings. Remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown & Company,
Date Published: 1926.
Description: First Trade Edition. Very good brown cloth 8vo., bright gilt decoration to cover, though gilt title to spine is very dull; clean boards. Faint whitish spotting to boards. Foxing to endpapers as well as title page and frontispiece tissue-guard. Tight, clean interior; t.e.g. Color frontispiece and numerous plates & illustrations. Index, 316 pp. Books on Books. BOB/10313. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: colored frontis, b & w Photo. Very Fine-AS NEW in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Decorative covers as new, dust jacket with small edge chip and tape repair to top of spine, 316 pp. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very good. Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman. Reissued in 1969 by Kennikat Press. Beautiful illustrations of title pages of rare books., etc. Almost like new condition. read more
Edition: First Trade Edition
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1926
Description: Very Good in -- jacket. Size: Octavo-over 7¾ inches-9¾ Inches Tall; Little, Brown (1926). No dustjacket. TEG. Stamping on spine slightly faded, minor darkening to endpapers, else a clean, bright, & tight copy. A charming book. read more
Description: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 316 pp. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated. Original brown cloth with gilt decorations and titles. Spinal gilt dulled else a near fine book in a near fine DJ with a couple of tiny edge tears. read more
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: Near Fine in Very Good- jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight. Brown gilt stamped cloth over boards, top edges gilt, color frontis with captioned tissue, [12] + 316 pp. + [1], Index, 84 b & w illustrations, "many now appearing in book form for the first time...' Spine ends very lightly bumped, otherwise fine. In a decorated heavy parchment-like brown paper dust jacket which has the same design as the book; chipped at corners & spine ... read more
Edition: Second impression of the trade edition.
Binding: publisher's gilt cloth, t.e.g., in dust jacket.
Publisher: 1926, Little, Brown & Company
Description: Boston: Gold on spine tarnished; otherwise a fine copy in a jacket with a few small chips (approx. 1/4 x 1/4"). 316 [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo, read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown, Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: Fine. First impression of the trade edition. Octavo. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs. Fine, no jacket. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Important work focusing on book design by the former lead book designer for Plimpton Press. Orcutt's goal in his professional life was to produce high quality, well-designed books at an affordable price. This book focuses on some of the steps he took-in both education and experience-to reach this goal. It also includes some anecdotes about some of the authors and others he met along the way. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates, ... read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA
Date Published: 1926
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 2nd impression of the trade edition. Brown cloth, lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt top edge, deckled edges. 316 pp., illus. w/ color frontis., numerous b&w plates. Spine panel lettering is mostly faded/darkened, though front panel gilt remains bright. Several light spots to cloth, slightly frayed at head of spine. Front flyleaf appears to show paper residue from removed bookplate. Endpapers are a bit toned. A lovely production, with ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston. Little, Brown & Company. 1926. First impression of trade edition
Description: Very good hardcover in about very good dust jacket chipped in corners & spine-ends. teg. 8vo. 316pp. Frontispiece of Queen Mary's Psalter, the last judgement (color). Well-illustrated with early illuminations, engravings, facsimiles of text, & autograph letter of Mark Twain. read more
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