[Rarebooks] FS: Ruari McLean's Copy of W. A. Dwiggins's TOWARDS A REFORM OF THE PAPER CURRENCY

[Charles Agvent]

DWIGGINS, W. A. TOWARDS A REFORM OF THE PAPER CURRENCY PARTICULARLY IN 
POINT OF ITS DESIGN. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. First 
Edition. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in black calf-backed 
boards covered with turquoise pattern paper with a printed label 
superimposed; 23 [1] pages + specimens. Designed by W. A. Dwiggins and 
printed by Peter Beilenson at the Walpole Press on Zerkall paper. 
Illustrated with facsimiles and illustrations of the currency and stamps 
of the mythical country of the Antipodes. Copy #142 of 452 copies SIGNED 
by Dwiggins. Ruari McLean's copy with his bookplate on the front 
pastedown. Additionally inscribed on the front endpaper to Charles 
Smith, one of the early TYPOPHILE contributors, from one with the 
initials "J.K.R." Some chafing and rubbing to the spine edges. Still 
Very Good in a tape-repaired, Good slipcase. (#015823)        $450.00

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