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Description:
Two Works on Illustration and Bookbinding. Joseph Pennell, Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen Their Work and Their Methods a Study of the Art To-Day with Technical Suggestions (London: Macmillan and Company, 1894),rebound in half green leather and printed boards with gilt stamping, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., and Paul Needham, Twelve Centuries of Bookbinding 400-1600 (New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library Oxford University, 1979),full green and brown leather boards with leather leaf decoration, (spine faded, interior clean and bright),12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500
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Paul Needham, Joseph Pennell, LondonJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
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