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8vo. original quarter parchment with green paper-covered boards, beveled boards. xi, 157 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies and designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 20). Lacking the dust jacket and slipcase. Small crack along the top hinge of the vellum, spine very lightly soiled. Minor shelfwear. Very minor foxing to preliminary pages. Else a fine copy. With title page engraved by Sidney L. Smith. Printed in black with red initial letters. Published for Houghton Mifflin and Company. Headpieces engraved by D. W. Spenceley. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived" original quarter parchment with green paper-covered boards, beveled boards.…