Roger Payne and His Art

by William Loring Andrews

Limited First Edition. New York: De Vinne Press. 1892

Overall in NEAR FINE condition.

• Original blue cloth has bright gilt title on front and spine.
• Boards are strong and firm. Edges exhibit minor shelfwear with rubbing most notable at corners and spine ends.
• Foot of spine shows more rubbing. Please see photo.
• Inside pages are clean and free of any marks.
• Binding is tight and firm.
• Cloth on boards exhibit faint water stain along lower edge, and other minor smudges.
• Pastedowns have minor fading.
• A page in front and one in back of book are still uncut.
• CR20141126

36 pages. 5 x 8.25 inches.

This small homage to bookbinder Roger Payne includes the original 11 full-color plates, including a frontis engraving of R. Payne at has craft. (He was one of only 2 bookbinders that history has seen fit to preserve in images.) Payne is sometimes attributed to creating a new style of bookbinding. This book covers what information is known of him, and includes examples of some of his most notable pieces of fine binding.

EDITION POINTS: 1st Edition, one of 120 copies printed on Holland paper.

AS IS! Please see photos. More photos available upon request.

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