PRINTING TYPES: Their History, Forms, and Use, a Study in Survivals
by Updike, Daniel Berkeley
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1923). First edition, second printing, January, 1923 (the first was August 1922). Covering typefaces from the invention of printing through the mid-nineteenth century, with type-specimans throughout. Two volume in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Very good or better with name on endpaper; in good, paper-covered slipcase understandably showing its age but still intact.
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- Seller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 53319
- Title
- PRINTING TYPES: Their History, Forms, and Use, a Study in Survivals
- Author
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- (1923)
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...