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[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. FLOWER, Desmond and SYMONS, A.J.A., editors. The Book–Collector’s Quarterly. Numbers I–XVII. London: Vols. I–XVI: Cassell and Co.; Vol. XVII: The First Editions Club, December 1930–June 1935. 17 volumes, 8vo. A few volumes illustrated. Vols. I–IV: original gilt–lettered red buckram, top edges gilt, others uncut (spines sunned); Vols. V–VIII: Original marbled cloth, leather lettering–pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spines sunned); Vols. IX–XVII: Original printed wrappers (spines sunned). Provenance: A.J.A. Symons (book label in Vol. I). FIRST EDITIONS, VOLS. I–VIII ARE LIMITED ISSUES, ONE OF 100 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER (Vols. I–IV: number 96 of 100 copies; Vols. V–VIII: number 4 of 100 copies). With articles including: Collecting Fashion Plates, by Vyvyan Holland; The Shirley Library by Shane Leslie; A Bibliography of Bookbinding by G. D. Hobson; A German Library by Hans Farstenberg; Art and Art Books by Eric Gill; Eric Gill’s Art Nonsense by D. H. Lawrence; Two Great Printers: William Morris (by Holbrook Jackson) and Rudolf Koch (by Paul Beaujon); The Nineteenth Century Forgeries, by A. J. A. Symonds; and an entire number devoted to English bookbinding. ASSOCIATION COPY, the first set of volumes previously owned by one of the editors. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.