In Quest Of the Perfect Book

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. Stated first printing of the trade edition, September 1926. Includes personalized inscription to a John C. Hobbs signed by the author on the half-title. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges trimmed, color frontis, other plates in black and white, 317 pages, dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges,… Read more about this item

Little, Brown & Company, 1926-01-01. First edition. Hardbound. Good/No Dustjacket as issued. First impression of the trade edition, stated. Hardbound book in good+ condition particularly considering age of item. Bookplate of previous owner is placed on inside of front cover. Pages show edge toning and some foxing. Top edge of text block is gilt;… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Third printing. Minor chips and minor tears to jacket edges, front jacket flap price-clipped. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. 316 pp. Brown boards with gilt titles and decor, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout. William Dana Orcutt (1870-1953) was an… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An unusually attractive copy in hardcover format and First Edition state, a warm, creamy brown cloth cover, with gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine mimicing the Grolier design type, a fine full-color illustration at frontis of Queen Mary's… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Trade Edition (stated).. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. First Trade Edition (stated). Fine/Good. Stated First Trade edition in scarce original unclipped dust jacket. Decorated American trade binding. Clean brown cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover, gold lettering with very small decoration on spine. No fraying, fading… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket chipped at top corners . and head of spine.. 1926. First Trade Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 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… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and extensive rules, pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, numerous full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Exceptionally tight 'n' bright first trade edition -- with usually-absent jacket not only present but quite nice. An unusually fresh copy. Orcutt… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt borders, designs and title on the front cover. 316 pages. Color frontispiece, illustrated. Gilt top edge. Light edgewear. A couple of small spots on the spine.

ORCUTT, William Dana. In Quest of the Perfect Book. 8vo. Original three-quarter vellum. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First edition. One of 365 copies signed by the author. A fine copy.

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1926.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in brown cloth with gilt stamping (rubbing to lettering on spine, previous owner's name), no dust jacket. . First trade edition. Includes chapters on printing, typography, illustrations and much more - illustrated with a full color frontispiece with a captioned tissue guard and many plates throughout the… Read more about this item

Boston : Little, Brown, 1926. Reprinted Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 316 pages; Description: [14], 316, [1] p. , [51] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col. ) , facsims. , ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Orcutt, William Dana,… Read more about this item

Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Gilt titles. 316pp. Rubbing else near fine.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First trade edition. Hardcover in chocolate brown cloth ornately stamped and lettered in gilt. Profusely illustrated with full page plates including a color frontis "Queen Mary Psalter" with captioned tissue guard. Fine. A handsome volume, a collection of pieces on books, authors, printing and book collecting. Orcutt comments… Read more about this item

London (Albemarle Street): John Murray, 1926. 1st UK Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st UK edition, first printing. [xii], 318pp, with a colour plate frontispiece and numerous further monochrome plate illustrations, many appearing in print for the first time here. In strong buckram cloth boards extensive gilt decorations… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown, 1926. First. hardcover. very good(+). Color frontispiece, and illustrated with black and white plates. 316 pages. Tall 8vo, decoratively gilt-stamped brown cloth, t.e.g. (rear corner just a bit bumped, else a near fine copy). Boston: Little Brown, 1926. First trade edition.<br/> <br/> A very good(+) copy of this attractive book, with a lengthy charming dated… Read more about this item

Kennikat Press, 1970-02. Hardcover. Good.

Kennikat Press, 1969. hardcover. Very Good. 9x7x1.

1926. Hardcover. Good+ (Very Good+ textblock). No DJ. Hardcover. Orcutt was a book and type designer who work with/at the renowned Plimpton Press. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all its facets. Very nice reading copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, ex libris (in library binding, spine marking, removed… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Clean pages except for some age-toning to edges and endpapers; the gilt head edging shows a few tiny scratches; the binding is rather relaxed, showing stitches between signatures and with a long crack to the final free endpaper exposing netting, but remains overall… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Third Edition (includes the "Foreword to the Third Edition"). Inscribed to former owners "With affectionate greetings from Louie and Billy" ("Louie" was the nickname of the author's wife), signed by William Dana Orcutt, and dated in 1940 on the half-title page. Has some dampstaining to spine, bowing to front board, some modest general wear… Read more about this item