Fond of Printing: Gordon Craig as Typographer and Illustrator
by Colin Franklin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Typophiles, 1980. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. ALSO INSCRIBED BY ABE LERNER, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER, at the colophon. A pristine copy to boot of the 1980 1st edition, limited to 500 copies for The Typophiles. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 12mo, Typophile Chap Book 54. Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9398
- Title
- Fond of Printing: Gordon Craig as Typographer and Illustrator
- Author
- Colin Franklin
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Typophiles
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Rare Typophiles Society, rare Books on books, Gorgon Craig
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books; Book Design;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
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- Colophon
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...