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Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in full burgundy gilt stamped decorative leather. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk with 8 magnificent color plates Unique binding arrangement with sheets folded and uncut at fore-edge, with text (or illustrations) printed on first and last page and interior pages blank. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: silk moire end-papers and bound in ribbon marker; in this case two edges gilt (top and bottom), raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding and full genuine leather. A title in the Collector’s Series, the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. This edition currently in print from Easton Press. No previous ownership marks. A pristine and like new copy. As new.