The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking
by McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1943. Third revised ed.. Hardcover. Good. Op. Prev. owner's name on ffep. Endpapers stained, a few internal pages water-stained along top and right edges. Exterior fairly soiled; corners, spine bumped top and bottom. Otherwise good; binding tight. 676 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 980127.19
- Title
- The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking
- Author
- McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Third revised ed.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Books on books, Printing, Craft.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tiber Books
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Upperco, Maryland
About Tiber Books
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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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.