BOOK TYPOGRAPHY 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
by DAY, Kenneth (Editor)
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 1966. University of Chicago Press, 1966 VG+ in Brodart First U.S. Edition. Large Octavo. xxiii, 401 pages plus 192 pages of illustrations. First published in1965 in the Netherlands under the title Anderhalve Eeuw Boektypografie.Various authors (Baudin, Blanchard, Vox, Schauer, Handover, Riva, Ovink, Rotzler, James M. Wells) trace the history of book typography in Europe and the United States. Profusely illustrated from examples of book typography. Gray cloth with silver spine lettering. Volume at least Near Fine. Jacket with some trivial edgewear, but VG+ and collected and protected in a Brodart sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
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- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297
- Title
- BOOK TYPOGRAPHY 1815-1965 IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Author
- DAY, Kenneth (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- typography types letterpress printing press
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- Brodart
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...