[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully crafted miniature; "You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover"

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(MINATURE BOOKS) Middleton, Bernard. YOU CAN JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. A 
Brief Survey of Materials [Edited by David Pankow. Foreword by Mel Kavin]. 
(Seal Beach, CA: Mel Kavin/Kater-Crafts Bookbinders. 1994). Miniature book 
(2-7/8" x 2-1/2"). 162,(2)pp. Title printed in black & gilt, text decorated in 
gilt. Illustrated with 7 linoleum cuts by John De Pol. Edition limited to 
500 numbered copies, designed by Ward Ritchie, printed by Henry Morris, and 
bound by Kater-Crafts Bookbinders. Full black morocco with red & blue morocco 
inlays, and stamped in blue, green & gilt, from a design by Tini & Einen 
Miura. T.e.g. with colored dots.   Housed in publisher's black morocco & cloth 
clamshell case with red morocco spine label. Signed on blank leaves at end 
by the members of the team that created this work: Bernard Middleton, Ward 
Ritchie, John De Pol, Pat Reagh, Henry Morris, Tini Miura, Einen Miura (in 
Japanese), and Mel Kavin.     $425.00 (trade discount allowed)

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