IN QUEST OF THE PERFECT BOOK REMINISCENCES & REFLECTIONS OF A BOOKMAN by Orcutt, William Dana - 1926

Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Trade Edition. Hardcover.

Little, Brown & Co., Boston: 1926., 1926 316p. Color frontis plus full page illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original gold decorated brown cloth binding. Top Edge Gilt. Uncut. 1st trade Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF6 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Impression of the Trade Edition.Gilt lettering & ornate front cover decoration. Top edge gilt. 8vo, 316 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good+. 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1926. Dusty top edge. ; Gilt lettering and decorative lines on front cover. T. E. G. Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Profusely illustrated. Index. ; Color & B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages .

MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade. Very good plus. Hardcover, gilt top foredge, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, gold stamping on front cover and spine, cover and foredges very lightly soiled, pages lightly browned at edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston. Little, Brown & Company. 1926. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, second impression, colour frontis and 51 plates, (portraits & title pages), text illustrations, index, t.e.g. gilt decorated brown cloth, near fine copy (bksds.38913) ~Orcutt discusses elegant books; finely printed, extra-illustrated, and superbly bound. Generally the outward appearance and physical make-up.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. NF/NF. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. NF, prior owner name and name stamp to front free endpaper in a VG+ DJ with light edge wear, small closed tear to DJ at flap edge. Corners lightly bumped. ; Prior owner was Francis Wheat, Wheat's signature to ffep, along with name stamp of Francis and Nancy Wheat. Nice copy, top edge gilt. Stated First Impression of the Trade Edition. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 p. .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. cloth, top edge gilt. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. (x), 318 pages. Second impression. Spine slightly age-darkened; front hinge tender. Else a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated. Many excellent chapters of interest to the book-collector.

John Murray, 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Impression of the Trade Edition. Handsome copy. With beautiful gilted frontispiece. Clean, well-preserved copy. With gilt embossed front cover. Covers looking very bright and showing little wear. Name neatly inked to endpage. Waxed paper jacket in general good condition, with old clear tape reinforcing corners. Gilting to top ends. Quality bookmaking of a bygone era, befitting its subject. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library..

1926. ORCUTT, William Dana. In Quest of the Perfect Book, Reminiscences and Reflections of a Bookman. Original gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g. Illustrated. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1926. First trade edition. Fine in d/j.