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large 8vo. quarter cloth with cloth-covered boards and gilt lettering on black leather spine label, slipcase. xix, (iii), 424 pages. One of 250 specially bound deluxe copies in an edition limited to 750 copies. Designed by Jerry Kelly to complement Joseph Blumenthal's design for "Grolier 75." As with that edition, this volume is set in Baskerville, Bulmer, and Petpetua Titling types. A continuation of "Grolier 75", this collection of more than 120 short biographies of former members written by current members, emphasizes their contributions in the fields of collecting, rare book librarianship, book design, and the antiquarian book trade. "What we hope emerges is a sense of the 20th century book and print world--the personalities who made it up and their attitudes, activities, and interconnections.there are choice spirits to be met with here, encountering them is likely to give readers an enriched understanding of the attention paid to books and prints in the past and an enhanced appreciation of how this prime cultural activitiy will affect the quality of our future" (introduction by Thomas Tanselle). quarter cloth with cloth-covered boards and gilt lettering on black leather spine label, slipcase. Grolier Club (ilustrador).…