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Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books Objects On the verso is aHere we have a pristine copy of one graphic designs most revered critiques. In 1919, W. A. Dwiggins prepared this report on the state of books and their design and production. Things were not looking good. But this thing is as it belonged to Paul J. Sachs of Goldman and Harvard. It has been sewn into nondescript boards and has his bookplate on the pastedown. If you find the boards unsightly in spite of the fact that theyve kept this safe for a zillion