MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION

Vellum backed with patterned boards -- spine with light discoloration, boards with abrasion to rear cover front edge to the press board, o/w light abrasion to cover corners, tightly bound, top edge gilt, bright; text unmarked, pages bright and clean. Ex-libris Alice D. Laughlin with her signature on the front flyleaf, and dated 1930. viii + 186 pages, b/w facsimiles with high 40 quality reproduction of pages and dust jackets, many in color, some are tipped-in plates. A very pleasing copy. No dust wrapper, if issued. Includes articles on: Great Britain by B.H. Newdigate, pp. 2-6; The United States by W. Ransom pp. 6-10; France and Belgium by Clement-Janin, pp. 10-16; Germany by J. Zeitler pp. 16-20; Holland by S.H. De Roos; Italy by A. Calabi; Russia by P. Ettinger; Austria by R. Junk; Czechoslovakia by J. Krecar; Hungary by J. De Vegh; Poland; Switzerland by A. Altherr; Jugo-Slavia by A. Schnieder; Scandinavia by A. Billow. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.…