William Chapin Deming

Signed! A G+ 1944 hardcover '[p]rivately printed in a limited [but not numbered/lettered] edition'. No dust jacket (if issued). Signed by the author on the half-title page. Penciled publishing reference in the gutter of the page opposite the publication page. The slightly age-tanned contents—531 pp., plus a frontispiece and tissue, and numerous illustration plates—otherwise appear clean, complete, and securely bound. Gilt top edge; bit of dust staining from shelf fatigue on the pages' bottom edge at the fore edge. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering/decorative lines. Lightly bumped/rubbed in the extremities. Sun-faded spine; bit of fading along some of the upper boards edges; subtle variation in the surface sheen along the fore edge of the upper board. No ex-library markings. Extra shipping cost will be requested for expedited orders.