FREDERIC G. MELCHER, FRIENDLY REMINISCENCES OF A HALF CENTURY AMONG BOOKS & BOOKMEN -

Book Publisher's Bureau. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (bookseller, books, book collectors)

New York: The Book Publishers' Bureau , 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Preface by Christopher Morley, and then tributes from far and wide from bookmen and women of the life in books led by Frederic G. Melcher, including from Mildred Smith, Charles Goodspeed, Harry M. Lydenberg, and many others. Some fine duotone reproductions bound in. Keepsake No. 77 bound in at frontis. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Faint shadow from removal of prior bookplate inside front flap. 59 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover, octavo, pp. [x], 59 + colophon. Preface by Christopher Morley. [2] leaves portraits of Melcher. Includes essay by Charles E. Goodspeed. Very good and nicely done up by the publisher in Fabriano rag paper and brown cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering and upper board oval decorative device. Photographic dust jacket a little weary from pre-mylar days, with rubs and nicks, but ensconced now in a new sheet of archival mylar.

NY 1945 Book Publisher's Bureau. Preface by Christopher Morley. 8vo., 59pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ.

New York: The Books Publishers' Bureau, 1945. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Brown boards with gold gilt titles. 59pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A thin, faint ink mark on the front board else fine.

New York: The Book Publishers' Bureau. Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. Fine condition, in dust jacket. AIGA Keepsake No. 77. Preface by Christopher Morley. .

New York: The Book Publishers' Bureau, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine.

New York: Book Publishers' Bureau , 1945. Hardback, gilt title to spine. 59pp. 1st edition 1945. Boards slightly marked, with light grubby finger marks to margins of pages 42/43.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Book Publisher's Bureau, [1945].. 8vo. [60 pp.]. 1st Edition. Very Good. Hard covers. Brown cloth, bright gold spine lettering. No Dust Jacket. All pages fine. Deckled pages. First printing presented by the American Institute of Graphic Arts to those members unable to attend Melcher's honorary dinner in May 21, 1945 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC.

New York: Book Publisher's Bureau, [1945].. 8vo. [60 pp.]. 1st Edition. Very Good. Hard covers. Dust Jacket Very Good, with minor half inch tear at top near spine. Brown cloth, bright gold spine lettering. All pages fine. Deckled pages. first printing presented by the American Institute of Graphic Arts to those members unable to attend Melcher's honorary dinner in May 21, 1945 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC.