The Practice of Typography : A Treatise on Title-Pages with numerous illustrations in Facsimile and some Observations on the Earlyand Recent Printing of Books
New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1972. Later printing. xx, 485 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black spine titles. A crisp clean uncirculated copy. Fine. Cloth. [29161]
"This treatise was written for and published by the Grolier Club of the city of New York in February, 1901. Three hundred and twenty-five copies only were printed, not for public sale, but exclusively for the members of that club. In that edition, specially prepared for book lovers, the practical side of title-page making was curtly treated. To make this edition for printers' use more acceptable, the part on practice has been re-written and provided with illustrations and comments thereon that do not appear in the cllub copies....." (from the Preface)
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