A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black and brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,444pp. Base of spine bumped, light wear to crown, with some faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; ownership signature of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead to upper front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $29.95), with light wear to extremities, else Near Fine.