The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful: A Tract on Calligraphy & Printing & Illustration & on the Book Beautiful as a Whole
Published by Privately Printed, San Francisco, 1916
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 695.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Small 4to. Beige paper over boards with small printed wraparound front board/rear board paper label. 13pp. Near fine. Outstanding first thus of this early John Henry Nash production and one of his best known, in which he reprints the English bookbinder and printer's statement summing up the Arts & Crafts aesthetic first published by Doves Press in 1900. Cobden-Sanderson not only granted Nash permission to print it, but upon seeing it penned him a rave review, reading in part: "What a perfectly beautiful book you have made of The Book Beautiful! I am enchanted with it!" As are we, for this tight and bright copy is one of 165 numbered copies (#77) as colophon at rear noted. Front pastedown bears fine custom bookplate of Walter Hervey Gardner. Very scarce. O'DAY 2.
Seller Inventory # 52238
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful: A Tract on Calligraphy & Printing & Illustration & on the Book Beautiful as a Whole
- Author
- COBDEN-SANDERSON, T.J.
- Publisher
- Privately Printed, San Francisco
- Publication year
- 1916
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 6.00 | US$ 13.00 |
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Store description
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been buying and selling quality books, autographs and ephemera since 1991. We specialize in general antiquarian, first editions, signed books and autographs and documents. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA), Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC) and The Manuscript Society.
Specialty
Americana, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, American History, Literature, Military History, Autographs, Letters, Documents, Historical Manuscripts, General Antiquarian and O.P.Association member
Seller's business information
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
9304 Saturn Ln
Galena, IL U.S.A. 61036
Terms of sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most credit cards. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Shipping is additional and will be quoted at the time an order is placed. EU customers: you are responsible for return shipping for "Right of Withdrawal" returns. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned pursuant to ABEBooks' policy. We would appreciate a courtesy notification if an item is being returned.
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