Modern Book Design From William Morris to the Present Day by McLean, Ruari - 1958

Faber and Faber, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 115 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces very heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.

London: Faber, 1958. Book. Fair. Cloth. First Edition.. xii +116pp; This book has been damp-stained but is now clean and tight with some evidence of damp to top edge; D/w chipped along edges and spine with some loss and in protective sleeving; Illustrated in b/w; Size: 8vo.

Faber and Faber, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber & Faber, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine in nicked fine dust wrapper. 116 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 32 halftone illustrations and 38 drawings in line. Index. The author describes the state of book design in Britain and America during the last quarter of the 19th century.

London: Faber & Faber. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16 B/W plates. Contents: The nature of book design; the need for revival; the private press movement; the future of book design -- and more. ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages; 25822 .

London: Faber & Faber, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth, DW, 8vo., xii, 115, (1) pages. Second impression. An important book, nicely produced. Near fine in a like DW with only a hint of toning to the spine, in archival mylar.

Faber & Faber. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name to front paste-down, dw has tanning to spine and most of rear cover, coule surface marks to margin of rear cover, sl/sm chips/tears to spine ends, rub with the odd nick to extremeties, and to tiny holes to fore-edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages .

Faber & Faber, London, Faber & Faber, London. 1958, xii,116pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Stamped number on title page, else in good condition.

Fairlawn, NJ: Essential Books, 1959. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages. First U.S. edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket has small pieces missing along edge and is foxed. Pastedowns and endpapers also show foxing.

London: Faber, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain internally only. Physical description: 115 pages. Contents: The nature of book design -- The need for revival -- William Morris -- The United States -- The private press movement -- The movement in Britain up to 1914 -- The nineteen-twenties in Europe and U.S.A. -- General publishing in England 1920-1939 -- The post-war scene -- The future of book design. Subjects: Morris, William 1834-1896. Printing Great Britain History. Book design History. Book design Great Britain History. Private presses Great Britain History.