Nothing, Or The Bookplate

Author(s): Craig, Edward Gordon; Carrick, E

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	J M Dent and Sons
Publication Year:	1931
Publication Place:	London
Book ID:	003883
Catalogue(s):	Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History ◇ Art ◇ Illustrated Books

iv, 28pp, plus 52pp of tipped in bookplates; some in colour. Quarter bound red cloth over paper-covered boards. Spine cover torn along length adjoining front cover; held on by spine heel; also sun faded. Corners bumped and cloth worn through in places. Lender's label and small lender's pocket on front paste down. Evidence of previous label on front free end paper. Lender's stamps on title, copyright pages and verso of all plates. Very small 4to. An early, if somewhat quixotic, study of bookplates and their purposes, with 26 beautiful examples. With a handlist by E. Carrick.

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bookplates books book collecting