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  • IN QUEST OF THE PERFECT BOOK: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman. by Orcutt, William Dana (1870 - 1953)
    Orcutt, William Dana (1870 - 1953)
    IN QUEST OF THE PERFECT BOOK: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1926. Hardcover first edition - Includes chapters on printing, typography, illustrations and much more - illustrated with a full color frontispiece with a captioned tissue guard and many plates throughout the book, Orcutt, who designed the type face 'humanistic' was the manager of University Press in Cambridge and Plimpton Press in Norwood and he has been credited with advancing printing as an art form. Top edge gilt. List of illustrations. Index. 316 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Very good in brown cloth with gilt stamping (rubbing to lettering on spine, previous owner's name), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65038
    View cart More details Price: $20.00