Mortimer (Ruth), 1931-1994
Harvard University, College Library, Department of Printing and Graphic arts

Two volumes (28 cm), I: xvii (3), 358 pp. II: (6), pp.359-728. Over 1000 text illustrations. Uniform publisher’s cloth, original plain card slipcase. - Annotated descriptions of 557 books with elaborate collations, indexes of artists, printers, publishers, subjects and a chronological index. “Her detailed discussion of authors, texts, translators, editions, printers, illustrations, binders and provenances could not be bettered” (from a review by Arthur Rau, in The Times Literary Supplement, 26 November 1964, p.1096). “The accuracy and comprehensiveness of the entries seem to be the next best thing to absolute” (from a review by J.B. Trapp, in The Book Collector, Winter 1964, pp.510-514). G. Thomas Tanselle, “In Memoriam Ruth Mortimer, 1931-1994” in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, volume 88 (1994), pp.269-278. ¶ Ink annotation in one margin; otherwise a clean copy in superior state of preservation. Slipcase damaged.