The Design of Books
by Wilson, Adrian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto, 160 pp., endpapers, b/w photos & illus., index. Famed book designer, Adrian Wilson, looks at: layout, typography, paper, printing, binding, dust jackets, ltd. edns., etc. Signed in Wilson's caligraphic style on the half-title p., "For Steve Anderson on the occasion of our lecture for the Ampersand Club Minneapolis, April 9, 1986, Adrian Wilson & Joyce Wilson." Book designed by Wilson. Clothbound hardcover v.g. cond., the price-clipped d/w, however, shows soiling & some tape repair, hence only good cond.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7835
- Title
- The Design of Books
- Author
- Wilson, Adrian
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reinhold Pub. Corp.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS ABOUT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Books About Books/Bibliography;
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- PUB
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- First Edition
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