John Henry Nash: The Aldus of San Francisco
by O'Day, Edward F
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: San Fracisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1928. Quarto [29.5 cm] Purple marbled boards with a paper label on the front board. Good only. Rubbing and gentle sunning to extremities. Color tipped-in frontis present. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a renowned fine printer who spent the majority of his career in the San Francisco area, founding the Twentieth Century Press with Bruce Brough, which was renamed Tomoye Press when Paul Elder was made a partner. Later Nash founded his own eponymous printing venture, this is where he cemented legacy as one of the great American printers. Later in his life he would teach printing and typography at the University of Oregon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tschanz Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8328
- Title
- John Henry Nash: The Aldus of San Francisco
- Author
- O'Day, Edward F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- San Fracisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1928
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tschanz Rare Books
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...