English Books 1475-1900
SAWYER, Charles J., F.J., HARVEY DARTON,
A Signpost for Collectors. Volume I [only] Caxton to Johnson.
2000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Published: C.J. Sawyer, 1927
Stock code: 20650
Price: £38.00
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, a large folding facsimile (original tissue guard captioned in red present), and 51 facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; original red buckram, boards framed in blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy.
EDITION LIMITED TO 2000 SETS. The first of two volumes; Sawyer & Darton' remains one of the finest guides to English books ever written. A lovely copy.