In quest of the perfect book. Reminiscences & reflections of a bookman
1926 · Boston
by ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA
Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. First trade edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 316, [1]; eighty- three plates in black and white, one in color; fine copy in orig. brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., in jacket with a few creases, a bit of staining to rear panel, and small chips to top of spine. Sections on illuminated manuscripts, Gutenberg, Cobden-Sanderson, William Morris, Baskerville, Mark Twain, etc. (Inventory #: 32108)