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(Limited Editions Club) QUARTO-MILLENARY / The First 250 Publications And The First 25 Years, 1929-1954 Of The Limited Editions Club / A Critique & A Conspectus, A Bibliography & Indexas. This one of 2250 first edition copies, The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Thick, somewhat large 4to size book, black & red clth binding, lower 1-1/2" of both covers lightly damp stained o/w in reasonable condition. 295-pages of text, lots of illustration, some light waviness to text leaves at the lower edges due to dampness, small lite red staining on outer edge at lower edge. Accompanied by the slipcase, the case so-so with some wear, rubs, &c. Seller Inventory # 1678
Title: Quarto Millenary, The First 250 ...
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller: Philip Salmon & Co. Rare Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Quarto. xiv, (iv), 295pp. Criticism, facsimiles, and bibliography of the work of the Club here bound together for a robust resource and archive of one of the 20th century's most prolific presses. Bound in quarter black morocco with red cloth over boards and black leather onlay to upper panel. Faint overall rubbing, greater to spine, which also shows vertical crease. Very good. Held in slipcase. One of 1,500 copies made for distribution to Club members. Seller Inventory # 731
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
4to. [xvi] + 295pp. + [i] blank + [ii] limitation leaf + [ii] blank. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w, including several tipped in colour plates. Limited Editions Club Monthly Letter loosely inserted, original gilt lettered black modern leather backed red cloth boards with circular black embossed device to upper board, bevelled edges, very minor soiling and rubbing, red title patch to faded spine, in rubbed sl. worn and splitting black slipcase with faded red cloth fore edge. No. 349 of a Limited Edition of 2250 Copies.From the Library of Glyn Tegai Hughes (19232017) Welsh scholar, writer and literary critic. He was a Liberal Party politician and Welsh nationalist. From 1964 to 1989 he was warden of the Gregynog Centre, University of Wales. In 2000 he was made a fellow of the University of Wales Aberystwyth. In 2004 he was made an honorary fellow of the University of Wales Bangor. Additional postage may be necessary US$59. Seller Inventory # 294246
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. limited, numbered edition. 295pp. Red Cloth, Black circular embossed design on the front panel.Leather spine and label, gilt lettering.Color and black and white illustrations. The spine has a vertical crack and is reinforced. Internally fine, unmarked. This is a lavishly produced bibliography and retrospective by the Limited Editions Club (LEC) celebrating its first quarter-century, detailing its initial 250 limited-edition books with extensive illustrations, commentary, and indexes, designed by Robert L. Dothard and published in 1959 as a handsome, leather-bound volume limited to 2,250 copies. This is #1,311 of 1,500 numbered copies. Includes beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Henri Matisse, Lynd Ward, many, many others.Housed in a black slipcase, bordered by orange cloth, which shows wear to the extremities. Book. Seller Inventory # 035693
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good +. Small folio (12-1/2" x 9-1/2"). xiv, 295, (3)pp. Indices and bibliography. Brown morocco with red calf spine label over red cloth, font cover with a round black calf L.E.C. device. Illustrated with numerous color facsimiles. Blue printed leaves at the head of each section. Edition limited to 2,250 copies of which fifteen hundred, numbered 1-1500, have been made for distribution to the members of the Limited Editions Club. (this is #793). The composition and printing have been done by Clarke & Way and the Press of A. Colish. 1/4" chip at head of spine and a faded water stain at the fore-edge of both covers. This is an excellent L.E.C. reference work albeit with some condition issues and lacking the slipcase -- priced accordingly. Seller Inventory # 53967
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition; light rubbing to leather on spine at tail and head. Includes slipcase in good plus condition with chip to paper at top and light rubbing. Seller Inventory # 058357
Seller: Gabriel Hatcher, Ephrata, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. 4to. Quarter bound in leather with red cloth boards. Gilt spine and debossing. Chipping and discoloration to slipcase. Rubbing to spine. Bright and clean interior. Seller Inventory # ABE-1779412290946
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Quarter black leather, red cloth covers and black emblem on front cover. Red leather spine label.Housed in slipcase. Extensively illustrated with photos of books from the Club as well as illustrations from those works. Limited to 2250 of which this is copy 1805 signed by the designer Robert L. Dothard. Spine is faded and a bit rubbed, nice internally. A bit of wear at the corners of the slipcase. Seller Inventory # 87285
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good plus. Hardcover. # 304 of 2,250 copies. Red cloth with beveled boards and morocco inset on front. Quarter black morocco spine with red leather label Quarto. 295pp. With numerous illustrations and facsimiles of title and text pages, many printed by the original printers. Includes bibliography, commentary and indexes. Printed at Clarke & Way (Thistle Press) and A. Colish. Spine is lightly faded with a little spottiness. Lacks glassine. Good only box has splits and tape repair. Seller Inventory # 54396
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good +. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. First Edition, Limited to 2250 copies of which this is no. 1495. xiii,[5],295pp.; myriad full-page color illus. and tipped in plates in text as well as half-tone photographic illus. Large quarto; publisher's black morocco over red cloth, blind-embossed morocco inlay to front cover, red gilt-lettered spine label, housed in original paper-and-cloth-covered slipcase with red spine label. Leather rubbed along head and tail of spine; a few faint smudges and scratches to cloth with minor soiling at edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase dust-soiled with a few small, stray scuffs to surface, with spine broken away at one back hinge and loss to some of top paper. Monthly letter of The Limited Editions Club and prospectus laid in. Handsomely-produced bibliography of the first two-hundred and fifty titles issued by The Limited Club, designed by Robert L. Dothard with an introduction by him. Seller Inventory # 30636
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition. First edition limited to 2250 copies (this, no. 1967), large 4to, pp. [2], xiii, [3], 295, [3]; illustrated with numerous facsimlies from the press; fine copy in black morocco-backed red cloth, black moerocco medallion on cover; fine copy in a slightly worn slipcase. Seller Inventory # 47061