An Encyclopedia of the Book
by GLAISTER, Geoffrey Ashall
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: World, 1960. First. hardcover. near fine. 484pp., over 500 illustrations including color and gravure plates. Thick short 4to, gilt lettered red cloth, d.w. Cleveland: The World Publishing, (1960). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.<br/> <br/> Contains terms used in paper-making, printing, bookbinding and publishing. With notes on illuminated manuscripts, bibliophiles, private presses and printing societies.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143696
- Title
- An Encyclopedia of the Book
- Author
- GLAISTER, Geoffrey Ashall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- World
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
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We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gravure
- ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...