The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking
by McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0880293489
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293488
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dorset Press, 1989. Hardcover, small quarto in dust-jacket. 676pp., Bibliographies, Index. Illustrated with black and white drawings and facsimiles. Reprint edition, first printing thus. A classic general history of the development of printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011716
- Title
- The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking
- Author
- McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0880293489
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293488
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- History of Printing, Bookmaking, Typography
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- Books About Books;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
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- Reprint
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- First Edition
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