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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1950. Very Good EX-LIBRARY with NO external library markings. A solid/reading reference copy. Illustrated with 8 plates with printed tissue-guards. One of 350 copies printed for members of the Book Club of California. From the Preface: "Jacob Kainen's monograph is the first documented biography of George Clymer and it fills a significant gap in the origins and history of iron press making in this country. Indeed, Mr. Kainen's research makes it clear that Clymer's Columbian Press was America's first important contribution to printing." Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in black. 4.5" wide by 7" tall.. First Edition, Limited 350 copies. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. xiii, 61pp. + 8 plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
George Clymer and the Columbian Press by Kainen, Jacob - 1950
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New York: The Typophiles, 1950. Limited . Decorative Cloth. Fine/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. tissue dustwrapper very tattered, book fine.
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- Date Published 1950
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George Clymer and the Columbian Press
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George Clymer and the Columbian press (Typophile chap book)
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Fine. Fine one of a limited edition of 350 for the Book Club of California, crisp pages, clean cloth-binding, only very light shelfwear to edges of binding, Appears unread Ships with regular mail, not slow media mail.
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GEORGE CLYMER AND THE COLUMBIAN PRESS
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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New York: The Typophiles; [designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco]; 1950. viii, [6], 60 pages, plus eight full-page plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt on the spine. [18.2 cm.] Spine ends slightly rubbed, some faint soiling to joints, endpapers tanned near hinges, still a very good copy in original glassine dust jacket (spine panel sunned; a few small tears and tiny chips). FIRST EDITION. One of 420 copies printed for the Typophile subscribers, being Typophiles Chap Book #23. (There was also an edition of 350 copies issued simultaneously by the Book Club of California). Preface by James W. Elliott. "Note" on the book's production by Paul A. Bennett (pp. [59]-60). An account of the invention of the Columbian iron press in 1813 by Philadelphian, George Clymer (1754-1834), and Clymer's subsequent success at promoting the press in Europe.
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New York: The Typophiles, 1950. cloth. Clymer, George. small 8vo. cloth. xiv, 60, (2) pages. Limited to 770 copies of which this is one of the 420 copies printed for the Typophiles. Contains much information on this 19th-century American printing press inventor. With 8 illustrations of presses. Chapbook 23 issued by The Typophiles. Minor rubbing at spine ends.
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George Clymer and the Columbian press
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New York: The Typophiles, 1950. Edition limited to 420 copies, small 8vo, pp. viii, [6], 60, [2]; 8 plates plus illus. in text, designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor. Fine copy in orig. cloth. "First documented biography" of the inventor of the Columbian, "America's first important contribution to printing."
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George Clymer And The Columbian Press
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KAINEN, Jacob. George Clymer and the Columbian Press. 12mo. Original decorated cloth. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1950. Limited to 350 copies by Taylor & Taylor for club members. A fine copy.
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George Clymer and the Columbian Press
by Jacob Kainen
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New York: The Typophiles, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed to Kurt Wiener - Master printer - Jacob Kainen December 1950". Gilt spine lettering on blue decorated cloth covered boards. 12mo, 60pp. Twenty-third Chap Book in the Typophile series. This edition comprised of 420 copies. Spine ends lightly worn, contents fine.
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