On Book Collecting

Friends of the ASU Libraries, Tempe, Arizona [Published date: 1991]. Hardcover, 15 pp; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Silver Anniversary Edition. Edition limited to 750 copies. Series: Keepsake (Arizona State University. Library. Friends), No. 1. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by O. M. (Skip) Brack Jr. on half-title page: "For Henri, Rosal, & Greta with love & gratitude - Skip Brack." In very good condition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and border on front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Edited by Joyce M. Foster. Includes two essays: "A Very Special Gift" by Karl H. Dannenfeldt, recounting the 1966 dedication of the Charles Trumbull Hayden Library at Arizona State University and the presentation of Norman H. Strouse's rare incunabulum Vitae et sententiae philosophorum; and "Notes on Book Collecting" by O. M. Brack, Jr., a reflection on the history, pleasures, and philosophy of collecting books from Aristotle through modern bibliophiles. Issued in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary (1966-1991) of the Friends of the ASU Libraries, this keepsake commemorates the organization's contributions to the Rare Book Room and special collections acquisitions, including early printed books by Nieremberg and Robert Boyle. Designed by Saltbush Studio; printed by Ironwood Lithography on Curtis Brightwater Paper; bound by Roswell Bookbinding.…