The true book lover as well as the collector desires for his treasures a suitable binding, and there is to-day an increasing demand for fine binding on individual volumes as well as on sets.
This demand is not satisfied with “commercial binding” and is too intelligent to accept extravagant work, extravagant in over-decoration as well as in price.
The art of bookbinding is now so widely known and the taste and judgment of the public so thoroughly educated by the efforts of the Grolier Club and similar associations that good work and good material are appreciated, genuine and suitable decoration recognized and the best results obtained in the combination of an intelligent customer and a skilled and artistic workman.
The Book of the Presidents
Maroon Levant—“arms” (Tiffany & Co. design) inlaid in colored leather. Plain mitred panels, tooled in gold.
The Book of the Presidents—Doublé
Levant—national colors. Tooled in gold.