THE BOOK, From Manuscript to Market (inscribed & signed)

Winans "combines a long experience in printing and practical book-making with an extensive knowledge of the publishing and literary fields," and here "covers every step essential to the making of a book, tracing the origin and history of each process as well as presenting, with a wealth of non-technical detail, the most modern methods of the book-making field." Author's inscription reads: "To Bruce,/with best wishes./Leonard/New York, 9/8/42." Blue and black cloth w/gilt lettering, 180 pages (including glossary of bookmaking terms), illustrated, dust jacket design by Laufer. Lightly bumped corners/spine ends, moderate general wear, in edgeworn dust jacket w/sunned spine, light chipping to corners/spine ends, short edge tears, light soil. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.