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A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books. Maurice Robert and Frederick Warde. New York: Pr. by the Printing-Office of the Yale University Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1936. First edition: with a preface by Francis de Miomandre, the whole translated from the French by Jacques LeClercq. Musings on the nature of bibliophily and on the making of “a true book de luxe” — in effect, a mission statement for The Limited Editions Club. When Frederic Warde reworked the original text, first published as Code de la bibliophilie moderne, for this edition, he added a list of terms and definitions specifically for the American collector. Warde, whose design credits for Limited Editions Club books include Lewis Carroll’s two Alice books, also handled the design for this volume, which was printed in Bembo types and bound by the Russell-Rutter Company. B-A Note: This was just too appropriate to pass up.

A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books.
Maurice Robert and Frederick Warde. New York: Pr. by the Printing-Office of the Yale University Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1936.

First edition: with a preface by Francis de Miomandre, the whole translated from the French by Jacques LeClercq. Musings on the nature of bibliophily and on the making of “a true book de luxe” — in effect, a mission statement for The Limited Editions Club. When Frederic Warde reworked the original text, first published as Code de la bibliophilie moderne, for this edition, he added a list of terms and definitions specifically for the American collector. Warde, whose design credits for Limited Editions Club books include Lewis Carroll’s two Alice books, also handled the design for this volume, which was printed in Bembo types and bound by the Russell-Rutter Company.

B-A Note: This was just too appropriate to pass up.

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2 years ago on December 27, 2010 at 02:39pm
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