The Private Press in Hertfordshire
by Hardacre, Kenneth
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy
- Seller
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Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hunton Bridge: Kit-Kat Press, 1969. Limited private press edition. First edition. Wrappers. Fine copy. 8 unnumbered leaves sewn into card covers. 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Limited to about 140 copies. Kenneth Hardacre, as President of the British Printing Society, gave this talk at the opening, on 3 September 1969, of an exhibition organized by Paul Peter Piech and held at the Central Library, Watford.
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- Bookseller
- The Typographeum Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00999970
- Title
- The Private Press in Hertfordshire
- Author
- Hardacre, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited private press edition. First edition
- Publisher
- Kit-Kat Press
- Place of Publication
- Hunton Bridge
- Date Published
- 1969
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The Typographeum Bookshop
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Francestown, New Hampshire
About The Typographeum Bookshop
The Typographeum Bookshop was founded in 1976 and offers a small stock of books with a special emphasis on British and European literature, as well as fine foreign films. In addition, I was a private press printer who published a variety of books using the technique of letterpress developed by Gutenberg in the 15th Century. Please visit my website, https://typographeum.us, for much more information, as well as pictures of my shop, both inside and out.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...