Authors' and Printers' Dictionary
by F. Howard Collins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956. Revised and reset 10th edition of the printers' and author's "bible" for the first half of the 20th Century. Blue covers with gilt, 442pp. Book has dusty, slightly foxed page edges and prelims, glue marks under front flyleaf (rear flyleaf still stuck to pastedown), otherwise covers show minimal wear and book is internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general light wear and a few tiny nicks and light, grubby marks. Overall a very decent copy. Ref:093454. Tenth Edition. Cloth. VG/G. 10.5x18cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003454
- Title
- Authors' and Printers' Dictionary
- Author
- F. Howard Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 10.5x18cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...