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Title: The Studio: Modern Book-Plates & Their Designers
Description: London, The Studio, 1898-9 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated "Winter Number" from The Studio magazine, focusing on modern bookplates and designers, with the original wraps and ads bound in. A Limited Edition, with the text and supplements printed on fine paper, on one side only.Bound in full cloth, with the original wraps and fourteen pages of publisher's advertisements bound in. A winter issue of The Studio magazine, published in 1898-9, surrounding the topic of modern bookplates and their designers.The Studio was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine published from 1893 until 1964. The magazine exerted a major influence on the development of the Art Nouveau and arts and crafts movements. This particular issue explores various bookplate styles, presenting the techniques and examples of modern designers including J. J. Waugh, Laurence Housman, Gordon Craig, and many others. Illustrated throughout with examples of bookplates. Bound in full cloth, with the original wraps and advertisements bound in. Externally, very smart, with light fading to spine and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with a few handling marks and light edge wear to original outer wraps. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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