A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books

Robert, Maurice and Frederic Warde

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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, xiv, 55 pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, decorated paper boards. Paper rubbed and worn at foot of boards, a few age spot to the endpapers; very good. § Preface by Francis de Miomandre. "This manuscript was originally written by Maurice Robert and published under the title "Code de la Bibliophile Moderne" by the Union Latine d'Editions in Paris. It was translated from the French by Jacques LeClercq. The text was revised for an American audience and the book designed by Frederic Warde.

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A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books
Author
Robert, Maurice and Frederic Warde
Publication year
1936
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Hardcover
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