ORCUTT WILLIAM DANA

The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.

London: George Harrap, 1928. Hardcover. Limited edition, one of 750 numbered copies 458/750, large quarto, original half vellum/blue boards,220pp, numerous plates and illustrations, ex ref lib, original dustwrapper present but bit rubbed and marked with a darkened spine; Large Quarto. Very Good .

Castle Hill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 69970

Keywords: Books Bibliography Language Writing

ORCUTT (William Dana)

The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1928. First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, prelims slightly foxed, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), uncut, t.e.g.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16216

Keywords: INCUNABULA BIBLIOGRAPHY ITALY INCUNABULA INCUNABLES EARLY PRINTING ITALIAN BOOKS

ORCUTT, William Dana

Book in Italy

1928. ORCUTT, William Dana. THE BOOK IN ITALY. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries shown in facsimile reproductions of the most famous printed volumes. Collected under the auspices of the royal Italian Minister of Instruction, together with an introduction by Dott. Comm. Guido Biagi, late librarian of the Royal Medician Laurentian Library, Florence. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Publisher's dummy. 4to. blue boards over black cloth with a rose title-label to the upper board. A very light touch of sun to the perimeters of the boards, in a somewhat soiled and chipped dust-jacket. Overall, a near fine copy. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 55413

ORCUTT (William Dana)

The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1928. First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), corners a little rubbed, soiled and torn dust wrapper, uncut, t.e.g.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 23851

Keywords: INCUNABULA BIBLIOGRAPHY ITALY INCUNABULA INCUNABLES EARLY PRINTING ITALIAN BOOKS

ORCUTT (William Dana)

The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1928. First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), corners a little bumped, dust wrapper with a couple of tear repairs, uncut, t.e.g.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41707

Keywords: INCUNABULA BIBLIOGRAPHY ITALY INCUNABULA INCUNABLES EARLY PRINTING ITALIAN BOOKS

ORCUTT William Dana - Guido BIAGI ( preface ) :

The Book in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries shown in facsimile reproductions from the most famous printed volumes....

London, George Harrap & Company, 1928, in-4°, 220 pp + 128 plates ( a few coloured), bound in publisher's half vellum with blue paper covered boards, printed in an english edition of 750 numbered copies. Vellum and frontcover with tiny foxing spots and tiny loss of paper, interior fine. A fine copy. This is copy 207 of the English edition. .

Antiquariaat Wim de GoeijProfessional seller

Book number: 33955

William Dana Orcutt

The Book in Italy

London, Bombay and Sydney, George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1928. Vellum. A review copy of Orcutt's The Book in Italy. Bound in quarter vellum with unclipped dust wrapper. Limited edition, out of series. Review copy, with review request slip. With three tipped in colour plates, and 125 black and white plates. In a quarter vellum binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. There is some mild wear to the extremities, including bumping. The dust wrapper has several small closed tears, several marks, and some browning and handling marks. Internally the pages are clean and bright with some mild spotting on the first couple of pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN17-B-5

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art Books Review Copy Bookbinding Books None

Orcutt, William Dana,

Celebrities Off Parade.

Chicago: Willett, Clark & Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ lightly chipping ; Pen-and-ink portrait sketches by Dwight C. Sturges; 8vo; 288 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.

The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional seller

Book number: 18376

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

ORCUTT, William Dana

Celebrities Off Parade

Chicago, Willett, Clark & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dwight C. Sturges. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 287pp. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear, with numerous small edge chips. First edition, attractive, tight and clean. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 20388

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Odds & Ends

ORCUTT, William Dana

Celebrities Off Parade

Chicago, Willett, Clark & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dwight C. Sturges. Small 4to. Black leather spine and wood-grained paper over boards, slipcase with numbered spine label. 287pp. Top edge gilt. Tipped-in frontispiece, numerous tipped-in illustrations. Very good/very good. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies (this #208) signed by Orcutt. An inconspicuous ex-library copy, with very few (and mostly removed) markings -- inoffensive abrasions near foot of spine and on rear pastedown and on title page, all caused by removal of markings. Overall quite attractive, tight and clean. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 18812

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Odds & Ends

Orcutt, William Dana

Dagger and Jewels: The Gorgeous Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini: A Romantic Novel

New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1931. 1st edition . Hardcover. 372 p. Inscribed by the author. Very good condition .

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1454

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Literature Fiction Autographed Books

Orcutt, William Dana

Dagger and Jewels: The Gorgeous Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini. A Romantic Novel

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 372pp. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge stained red. Signed and inscribed by William Dana Orcutt on the half-title in the year of publication. A hint of wear to spine ends and a couple of tiny spots to cloth. A bright, near fine copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 27205

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: HISTORICAL FICTION, ITALY, GOLDSMITHS, RENAISSANCE

ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA; WEBER, CHARLOTTE [ILLUS.]

The Flower of Destiny

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1905. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 277pp. 6 tipped in b/w illustrations.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Browning at edges. Untrimmed .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: c1558b

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

Orcutt, William Dana

Good Old Dorchester. A Narrative History of the Town 1630-1893

Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, 2002. Trade Paperback. Glossy trade paperback. 496 pp. Illustrations throughout. A facsimile reprint of the 1893 edition (apparently reprinted from a copy with old underlines), providing a history of Dorchester, Massachusetts from its first settlement, through colonial times, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, etc. With sections on homes, churches and notable residents. GOOD condition. Minor curling along the extremities. Scattered underlining and check marks in blue ink in the interior, mostly to the first half, with a note on the rear endpaper. Good .

Mare BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 009969

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Town/State Histories

ORCUTT, William Dana

In Quest of the Perfect Book

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and extensive rules, pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, numerous full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Exceptionally tight 'n' bright first trade edition -- with usually-absent jacket not only present but quite nice. An unusually fresh copy. Orcutt (1870-1953) was the noted author of such bibliophilic classics as "The Magic of the Book: More Reminiscences and Adventures of a Bookman" (1930), "From My Library Walls" (1945), "The Kingdom of Books" (1927), "Celebrities Off Parade" (1935) and similar bookish tomes. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 44158

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books