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UNITED STATES -- ANDREWS, William Loring. Bibliopegy in the United States and kindred subjects. New York: 1902. 8o. Engraved title. Uncolored frontispiece, plates (some colored), illustrations, engraved head- and tailpieces. Original boards, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt (slight discoloration of backstrip, small tears to joints). Provenance: Johann Furst Community Library, Boca Grande, Florida (library label). Limited edition of 177 copies. A fine copy of what is still one of the most important works on American bookbinding.
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CAXTON CLUB (publishers). Catalogue of an Exhibition of nineteenth century bookbindings ... by the Caxton Club (in the Art Institute) December XVI to XXX, MDCCCXCVII. Chicago: 1898. 8o. Title in red and black. 24 plates. Original cloth-backed boards. Limited edition of 130, this one of 127 on hand-made paper.
And 8 others (including: H.D. FRENCH, J.W. ROGERS & H. LEHMANN-HAUPT. Bookbinding in America. Portland, Maine: 1941. 8o; H.D. FRENCH. Bookbinding in Early America. Worcester, Mass.: 1986. 4o; S.B. ELLENPORT. The Future of Hand-Bookbinding. Boston: 1993. 8o, limited to 150 copies; W. SPAWN. Bookbinding in America 1680-1910. From the Collection of Frederick E. Maser. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: 1983. 4o; PIERPOINT MORGAN Library (publishers). Early American Bookbindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio. New York: 1972. 4o). (10)
[With:]
CAXTON CLUB (publishers). Catalogue of an Exhibition of nineteenth century bookbindings ... by the Caxton Club (in the Art Institute) December XVI to XXX, MDCCCXCVII. Chicago: 1898. 8
And 8 others (including: H.D. FRENCH, J.W. ROGERS & H. LEHMANN-HAUPT. Bookbinding in America. Portland, Maine: 1941. 8