Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the United States of America
by Day, Kenneth
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Very Near Fine jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Very Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket would also be FINE but for just a tiny bit of rubbing. NOT price clipped ($17.50). NO chips. NO creases. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp, apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. xxiii, 401pp. + 192 pages of illustrations (192 plates are unnumbered, i.e. not included in the pagination). Said to be the best general reference work on 19th and 20th century book printing and typography. Covers 150 years of typographic history in Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and America. Features a visual feast of fine reproductions. Among the contributors are F. Baudin, G. Blanchard, P.M. Handover, G.W. Ovink, Franco Riva, Willy Rotzler, Georg Kurt Schauer, Maximilien Vox, and James Wells. Bound in the original light gray cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Near Fine jacket. xxiii, 401pp. + 192 pages of illustrations. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017483
- Title
- Book Typography 1815-1965 in Europe and the United States of America
- Author
- Day, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Near Fine jacket
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- xxiii, 401pp. + 192 pages of illustrations
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