Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with ornate design stamped in gold to front board, some bumping to extremities, light rubbing to boards, gold gilt on top edge of pages still bright. Many illustrations still bright and clean. No markings. Seller Inventory # 020225
Title: The Kingdom of Books
Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston
Publication Date: 1927
Binding: Hard Bound
Condition: Very Good
Book Description hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library hardcover. No dust jacket. Library stickers, labels and stamps on cover and inside. Cover is in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, free of markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library. Seller Inventory # mon0000033628
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 290 pages; illustrated. Name inside. Moderate wear; pages tanned; a good solid binding; good overall. The dust jacket has some creasing and wear, discoloring; price clipped. Contents are Prime Ministers to the Book; Modern Masters of Typography; Books Al Fresco; Books in the Cradle; The Book in full Dress; The Clothing of Books; A Personality and a Shrine. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 200645. Seller Inventory # 200645
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # 89471
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Seller Inventory # 117658
Book Description Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Crisp, clean pages except for prior owners' names on the front free endpaper, a gift note penned on the half-title page, and some age-toning to endpapers; the gilt head edging shows a few scuffs; the full brown cloth hard cover has lines of light surface wear along spine sides, darkening along the spine and a few small, brown droplet marks at lower spine, a few loose threads at the shallowly frayed spine ends, and surface wear to the free corners and heel edges, but remains strikingly attractive, with gilt titles and decoration at front and spine. xii, 290pp., color frontis + b/w illus. throughout. Seller Inventory # 078081
Book Description hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated. 2nd printing. Boston (Little Brown) 1927. About fine. Seller Inventory # 32590
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1. Seller Inventory # 1243266865
Book Description Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Anonymous (illustrator). Second Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 005742
Book Description Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Seller Inventory # 1306843
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Second Printing. xii, 290 pp, tissue protected color frontis, list of b&w illustrations of book designs and bindings, I. Prime Ministers of the Book, II. Modern Masters of Typography, III. Books "Al Fresco," IV. Books of the Cradle, V. The Book in Full Dress, VI. The Clothing of Books, VII. A Personality and a Shrine, L'envoi, index. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Excellent history of the book, typography, printing and collecting in the early 20th century. The cover, A modern adaptation of the Nicholas Eve 'fanfare' design, used on a copy of Valerii Maximi Dictorum, Antwerp, 1574, is designed by Enrico Monetti. Only the slightest wear to tips front fore-edge board with browning to endpapers, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with ornate gilt design and gilt top edge. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 001143