Bookbindings old and new; notes of a book-lover, with an account of the Grolier Club of New York; (1895)
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 · New York, London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 222
Simplicity is an ingredient of dignity, andthere are book-lovers who love simplicity aboveall things, having a Jansenist taste even incloth bindings. There is nothing noisy orfussy in the cover of Mr. Harold Frederics In the Valley, due to the pencil of Mr.Harold Magonigle, or in the cover of… … Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.RUBAIYAT Ol- OMAR KHAYYAM. 201 Bookbindings Old and New. 203 Holmess Over the Tea-cups with its vigor-ous lettering, and its subordinate teapot of afashion now gone by. None of Mrs. Whit-mans book-covers are frivolous or finicky ; theyhave always reserve and…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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