KENT, ROCKWELL N by E. New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First edition. Full black crushed morocco designed by Alfred de Sauty at the Lakeside Press, covers with an intricate sunburst and cross design with the cardinal points in red onlay, endpapers in black with geometric gold highlights, all edges gilt. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (21 x 15 cm); xii, 284 pp., illustrated by Rockwell Kent with a leaf bound in at the end by the binder signed by de Sauty. Minute wear, but about fine . A very fine American Art Deco bookbinding prepared at the bindery of the Lakeside Press, lettered at the end that the book was bound in 1930 "sewn by E. Dvorak/forwarded by H. Tribolet/finished by H.W. Anson/designed by A. de Sauty," this testimonial signed by de Sauty. This atelier produced some of the most elegantly designed bindings of the period, of which this is an admirable specimen. C
KENT, ROCKWELL N by E. New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First edition. Full black crushed morocco designed by Alfred de Sauty at the Lakeside Press, covers with an intricate sunburst and cross design with the cardinal points in red onlay, endpapers in black with geometric gold highlights, all edges gilt. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (21 x 15 cm); xii, 284 pp., illustrated by Rockwell Kent with a leaf bound in at the end by the binder signed by de Sauty. Minute wear, but about fine . A very fine American Art Deco bookbinding prepared at the bindery of the Lakeside Press, lettered at the end that the book was bound in 1930 "sewn by E. Dvorak/forwarded by H. Tribolet/finished by H.W. Anson/designed by A. de Sauty," this testimonial signed by de Sauty. This atelier produced some of the most elegantly designed bindings of the period, of which this is an admirable specimen. C
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