The Pendleton Collection

Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island School of Design, 1904. Limited to 160 copies, this being No. 17. Softcover. VG, with slightest wear at tips and base of spine, but edge tooling of spine still very sharp. A lovely copy.. Vull crushed brown leather with elaborate gilt design and borders on covers, top edge gilt, five raised-bands with cilt tooling and devices in some compartments and title, date at base of spine. Polished two-color leather doublure with extensive gilt tooling around the perimater and polished leather in the center and silken endpapers. (truncated) xvi pages, 1 leaf, 416, [2] pages including frontispiece 103 crisp plates (including frontispiece) with descriptive letterpress and short essay for each one. Printed on Imperial Mill Japan Vellum. A stunning presentation of the Pendleton Collection of furniture, which includes pieces from roughly 1690 - 1790 in the Georgian, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, and Chippendale styles. The extraordinary binding is signed Adams, NY and appears extra-special to this copy of an already very rare book. Title within ornamental border./ "The Rhode Island school of design certifies that only 160 copies of this book have been printed, and the type distributed. The edition is printed on imperial mill Japan vellum, at the Literary collector press, as follows: numbered copies 1 to 150 for distribution, of which copies 1 to 10 are signed by the author; lettered copies A, B, and C for the author, D and E to secure copyright, F to J for use of the Rhode Island school of design. (Inventory #: 173470)