THE POWER OF PRINT -- AND MEN; Commemorating the fifty years of linotype's contribution to printing and publishing Together with the text of a salute to the modern newspaper produced and broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company
by DREIER, Thomas
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Co, 1936. First Edition. Dwiggins, W. A.. Large 8vo, pp. xiv, 165. Index. With decorations at chapter heads in tan and gray. Gray paper patterned in tan over boards, with black cloth spine. Very slightly scuffed at ends of spine, o/w near fine. Colophon reads: " This book was designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins and is set in types designed by him expressly for Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The title page is composed in members of the metro family, the text is in electra. Presswork and binding by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55007
- Title
- THE POWER OF PRINT -- AND MEN; Commemorating the fifty years of linotype's contribution to printing and publishing Together with the text of a salute to the modern newspaper produced and broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company
- Author
- DREIER, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Dwiggins, W. A.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mergenthaler Linotype Co
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- printing; press
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Second Life Books Inc
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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