The Book : The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
by McMurtrie, D.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper which has a slightly sunned spine-panel
- ISBN 10
- 1851703268
- ISBN 13
- 9781851703265
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-34807
- Title
- The Book : The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
- Author
- McMurtrie, D.C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 24 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper which has a slightly sunned spine-panel
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1851703268
- ISBN 13
- 9781851703265
- Publisher
- Bracken Books, London, 1989 reprint of 1943 third edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989 reprint of 1943 third edit
- Pages
- xxx, 676 pp, numerous illustrations
- Keywords
- Douglas McMurtrie book history printing bookmaking paper bookbinding 1851703268
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Reprint
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...