Lewis, Roy Harley — Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century

New York, Arco Publishing, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. First U.S. Edition, bound handsomely in tall quarto hardcover format, with a bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Augmented with 33 full color and 82 monochrome and duotone illustrations. A learned but accessible account, a social history of bookbinding in the past century beginning with the works of Cockerell and Cobden-Sanderson, and with full bibliography, index and notes. Gift-quality condition. [7], 8-151 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,