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Printing and the Mind of Man; --A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization During Five Centuries
by Carter, John, and Percy H. Muir; essay by Denys Hay
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in tan cloth boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding, sharp corners, and bright text pages. Boards have a whisper of use. Name of former owner, an academic author, inked onto front free endpage. 4to. 280 pp. including index. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.
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- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95600
- Title
- Printing and the Mind of Man; --A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization During Five Centuries
- Author
- Carter, John, and Percy H. Muir; essay by Denys Hay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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Terms of Sale
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Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
Biblio member since 2004
South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
We are an Internet-only book business. We carry hard-to-find books in many categories including art, photography, military history, cookbooks, children's books, fiction, needlework, Americana, popular culture, and signed first editions. Warwick Books is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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