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In quest of the perfect book : reminiscences & reflections of a bookman
Title
In quest of the perfect book : reminiscences & reflections of a bookman / William Dana Orcutt.
Published
Boston : Little, Brown, 1926.
Physical Description
[14], 316, [1] p., [51] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.), facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Local Notes
MUDD: Copy 57, of 350 copies for sale, signed by the author.
BEIN Za C591 Y926P: "First impression"--Title page verso. Dust jacket (2 copies, 1 mutilated with loss of text). Bookplates of Willard S. Morse, one with manuscript notes in unidentified hand.
SML X101 925o: "First impression of the trade edition."
Notes
Includes text and illustrations relating to Mark Twain (pages 170-177).
Includes index.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
In quest of the perfect book.
The kingdom of books.
Friends through type.
The lure of illumination.
Friends through the pen.
Triumphs of typography.
The spell of the Laurenziana.
Subjects
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Also listed under
Plimpton Press.
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