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American Wood Type 1828-1900: Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types and Comments on Related Trades of the Period
by Kelly, Rob Roy
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969. Black buckram cloth, silver gilt title, in original dustjacket, (12.25 x 9.5 inches). First Edition. 350 pages, with Bibliography and Index; illustrated with more than 600 styles of wood type classified and shown by period; 106 complete alphabets of wood type. The bibliography includes a listing of all wood type specimen books found in major American libraries. Provenance: bookplate of Jon R. Kelly. A clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- American Wood Type 1828-1900: Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types and Comments on Related Trades of the Period
- Author
- Kelly, Rob Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Printing; Typography
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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