Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books

Here we have a pristine copy of one graphic design’s most revered critiques. In 1919, W.A. Dwiggins prepared this report on the state of books and their design and production. Things were not looking good. But this thing is as it belonged to Paul J. Sachs of Goldman and Harvard. It has been sewn into nondescript boards and has his bookplate on the pastedown. If you find the boards unsightly in spite of the fact that they’ve kept this safe for a zillion years, you can easily cut the book out without disturbing its integrity. An excellent copy of an uncommon item.