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Boston: Little, Brown & Co.. Very good copy. 1930. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 315 pp. .

Little, Brown & Co, 1930-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. Boston, 1930; 1st impression of trade edition; COVER ART NOT AS PICTURED IN STOCK PHOTO; brown cloth covered boards; spine edges bumped; brown jacket with edges and corners chipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 314 pages.

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. First Trade Edition. hardcover. Light wear extremities .

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. No Jacket. First trade edition, near fine lacking a dust jacket. Slight wear at edges of cloth, slightly more wear to top of spine. Rear board has a few small scuffs, small bookplate on front pastedown. Brown cloth with ornate gilt designs, top edge of pages also gilt. Includes frontispiece with tissue guard, many illustrations, bibliography, and an index; 314 numbered pages.

Boston: Little Brown. 1930. F First Edition Used. H Hardcover. Very Good-. In brown cloth with gilt titling and upper cover decoration, 8vo, 314pp. Illustrated. (shelfwear and dulling to spine, light browning to edges)

Little, Brown, 1930. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Boston:: Little, Brown,. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. First impression of the trade edition. Octavo, bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and design, top edge gilt. Light shelf wear, else very good. No dust jacket. ; 314 pages .

Little, Brown, & Company, 1930-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. xi. 314 pages. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Little, Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1930. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, elaborate gilted covers , top edge gilt, tight binding, clean unmarked pages, covers have a scintilla of shelfwear, else NFINE in NFINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Bright copy. Colored frontis and Illustrated throughout. Very desirable; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. brown cloth stamped in gilt, to edge gilt. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in gilt, to edge gilt. xii, 314, (2) pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibris with markings. Spine ends worn. Minor shelfwear. Studies of the Vatican Library, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Bodoni, etc.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. "First impression of the trade edition." xi, 314pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, plates, color frontispiece. Decorative brown cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Modest edgewear, very good lacking the slipcase.

Boston:: Little, Brown & Company,, 1930.. First trade edition.. publisher's gilt cloth, t.e.g., in dust jacket.. Just about fine in a jacket with some shallow chipping. . 8vo,. Illustrated..

1930. ORCUTT, William Dana. The Magic of the Book. More Reminiscences and Adventures of a Bookman. Orig. cloth,dust jacket. Illustrated. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1930. First trade edition. A fine copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookplate scar on . front pastedown endpaper.. 1930. First Trade Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Affectionately inscribed to Abby and Bella Hunt by the author on the front free endpaper. A collection of essays about the book arts, printing history, typography, Orcutt's author acquaintances, illuminated manuscripts and other bibliophilic topics. Brown cloth with elaborate border design stamped on front boards. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. Top edges gilt. Many illustrations, including color frontispiece. Bibliography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages .

LITTLE BROWN BOSTON, 1930. HBDJ, September 1930, Stated 1st Trade Edition, 1st Impression, Interior nice tight clean light Wear FoX, 314 pgs, Index, Bibliography, Brown decorated cloth Gold Gilt, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, DJ light rub, wear & tiny Chips Extremities, Back DJ Stains & Scuff Mark, Back Cover exposure to Water & staining, top edge pages Gold Gilt. First Trade. Hard Cover.

Little, Brown & Company, 1930. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). SIGNED, NUMBERED (257 of 375) LIMITED EDITION. Gently used hardback. No jacket, as issued. Only slight wear. A few small oil spots on the front board. Light soiling to backstrip. No owners' names or labels. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf location: F1)Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1930. Book. VG. Hardback. Signed by Author(s). Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in 3/4 Vellum & brown paper covered boards, top edge gilt, color frontis with tissue guard in place and silk ribbon marker. Only defects on the book are light spotting on the spine and light wear at top of spine. Slipcase has rubs along the open edges and a scuff on one side. Book is a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION # 287 of 350 copies with the slipcase having the same #287. Black and white illustrations. 314 pages including the Index plus 1 page Bibliography..

1930. ORCUTT, William Dana. The Magic of the Book. More Reminiscences and Adventures of a Bookman. Illustrated. Original boards, Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1930. First edition. One of 375 copies signed by the author, composed in Baskerville type and printed on Aurelian Dull Wove paper. A fine copy.

Boston. Little, Brown, & Company. 1930. Hardcover. tall8vo, 23.5cm, xii,314, (2)pp., limited edition of 375 numbered copies, this being # 348 and Signed by Author, colour frontis with captioned tissue guard, 75 illustrations (including 6 appearing only in the Limited Edition), index, bibliography, bound in half vellum and light brown boards, gilt spine titles, t.e.g., in worn slip-case with paper spine label, a fine copy in good slip-case. (Bks) A sequel to Orcutt's "In Quest of the Perfect Book". An interesting Canadian association copy signed by Gerhard R. Lomer, Librarian at McGill University and noted Leacock bibliographer.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. half brown leather over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt. 8vo. half brown leather over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt. xii, 314, (2) pages. First impression of the trade edition. This copy has been rebound by Whitman Bennett in a lovely half-brown leather over cloth boards, with gilt on spine, for Korner & Wood (binder's ticket on front free endpaper). Spine slightly faded. Very minor rubbing to the spine, else a near fine copy. Studies of the Vatican Library, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Bodoni, etc. A beautiful book.