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Privately Printed, New York, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. This book in very fine condition is limited to 140 copies, this is 130. Printed for members of the Quarto Club, their third installment. members included, among others, Elmer Adler (book designer and collector), Bennett Cerf (publisher and founder of Random House), Jerome Kern (American composer of music for theater), Bruce Rogers ( Thought to be among the greatest book designers of the 20th century) and John Winterrich (leading American bibliophile and author and authority on book collecting I have many of his fine books). This fascinating book details fascinating stories of novelists, collectors, publishers and artists of the early 20th century. Some of the articles are by Quarto Club members. Beautifully quarter bound in cloth over beautiful maroon marbled boards, and gilded top and spine lettering. Fore edge and bottom are untrimmed. Book is in a fine later slip case. Nice very rare collectible by members… Read More

New York: Privately Printed , 1930. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Original tissue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book in very fine condition is limited to 140 copies, this is 130. Printed for members of the Quatro Club, their third installment. Beautiful cloth binding over maroon marbled boards, and gilded top and spine lettering. Fore edge and bottom are untrimmed. Book has original tissue wrappers and is house in a fine later slip case. Nice very rare collectible.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Novelist Alaine-Fronnier vanished mysteriously during the first World War.His fame has grown steadily in France since then and now he is somewhat of a legend. This is a moving biography of the build up and subsequent decline and fall of Youth's ideals. Book in near fine condition with bookseller Blackwell's label on verso of front board. Jacked is near fine + with a slight wave to bottom of front cover, and very minor edge wear to spine ends. Jacket flap shows 21s. price unclipped.

united States: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Limited edition #183 of 350 A fine book about books. Book plate of Louis Kossuth Comstock, a 20th century business man and noted book collector and author. Generously illustrated.Reminiscences and reflections of a book-man. No DJ Spine slightly soiled and faded.

New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Thus First thus. Hardcover. As New/Slip Case . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mint, unopened, unread limited edition #311 of 500, in mint publishers slipcase. Perfect of one of the authors best. A very fine collectible by Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy.

New York: Viking, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quinn's Book is the narration by Daniel Quinn, orphan, of his adventure-ridden quest for true love and the answer to the elusive riddle of his own fate. The adventurous Quinn, rescues the wondrous Maud in 1849 and the rest if to be read. Book and Unclipped ($19.95) jacket in mint unread condition by Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy.