The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page (2 volumes, Fine Binding)

Hendrick, Burton Jesse

Doubleday, Page & company, 1924

[Fine Binding by James Macdonald Company] 2 volume set. Bound in 3/4 green morocco over green cloth boards. Some scuffing. Gilt ruled. Clean, unmarked pages.  James MacDonald was a Scottish bookbinder who came to the United States in 1873. He worked with the famous American binder William Matthews and then established his own binding business in New York in 1880. His listing in the New York Times Book Review described the company as the "Finest equipped bindery in America; (Purchaser of the "Club Bindery"). Special bindings for collectors. Extra fine binding for private libraries. Solander and slip cases of every description."  (November 5, 1922).