Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Folk Art
by Frederick S. Weiser
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Ephrata PA: Science Press, 1973. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition, unnumbered of 750. 1973 Christmas keepsake. Oblong hardcover, 104 pp. w/ color plates throughout. Visual survey of the development of a PA German style and printing techniques (written, printed, engraved, lithographed). Book Condition : Good-; no text marks; slight cocking to front board; spotting to text block and to free end papers; occasional waviness to page bottoms (apparent humidity exposure). No Dust Jacket as issued..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adamstown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222799
- Title
- Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Folk Art
- Author
- Frederick S. Weiser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Science Press
- Place of Publication
- Ephrata PA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Calligraphy Ephrata Cloister
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania History; Art / Decorative Arts; Pennsylvania History / Amish and Mennonite;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Adamstown Books
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About the Seller
Adamstown Books
Biblio member since 2015
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About Adamstown Books
Adamstown Books is an online antiquarian and used book dealer in Lancaster PA. Our presence began in Adamstown, aka America's Antiques Capital. The Adamstown tradition is boosted by our proximity to the emerging antiques presence in Columbia PA, and the rich religious and cultural history of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. With Gettysburg a 1 1/2 hour drive away, the American Civil War is naturally one of our key categories.
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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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....