Published by Duschnes Crawford, 1949
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Art / Print / Poster
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good -. Erdoes, Richard (illustrator). [4], 107-189, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. With original glassine wrapper. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 5. Contents: Another Man's Roses by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. [re: a Thomas Hardy forgery] -- On Belonging to Clubs by Christopher Morley, illustrated by Richard Erdoes -- On Making a Few Books by Alfred A. Knopf -- Sadleir Sadleirized by Simon Nowell-Smith -- The Typophiles by Deoch Fulton [with a checklist of Typophile Books] -- The Last Word by Wilmarth S. Lewis -- The First Famous Print by A. Hyatt Mayor [re: Forli's Our Lady of the Fire woodcut]. Includes advertisements on final pages. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: tail of spine slightly sunned; head of spine creased; clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: chipping along upper edge; small tear in fold of front flap; otherwise intact.