A Batsford Century; The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943
London: B.T. Batsford, 1944 (1st pub. 1943). Whistler, Rex. "Second Impression, with corrections, Spring 1944" Hardcover. 148p, several line ills. + 42 ills., 1 in color. Jacket by Rex Whistler is torn and soiled. Inscribed "To Miss Eileen Trans with friendly regards from Harry Batsford Opening Day, N.Y. 1948." Very good / good. Item #31806
Chiefly by Batsford, with contributions by staff members. "This untidy, genial, composite, effective, very English book about a business to which all these adjectives seem to apply . . . [It is] a historical sketch of the writing and publishing of English books about architecture and other arts and crafts; it is a fond look backward over old London, old ways, old buildings and old characters . . . [an] admirable example of English book production."--TLS. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.
Price: $20.00