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Some Aspects of Printing Old and New
by Updike, Daniel Berkely
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Haven: William Edwin Rudge, 1941. Black cloth, gilt titles, deckle edge, (10.5 x 7.75 inches). First Edition. 72 pages; illustrated with photograph of the author. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press Boston, Massachusetts. Provenance: owner's stamp of John R. Kelly on front front, else an exceptionally clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005785
- Title
- Some Aspects of Printing Old and New
- Author
- Updike, Daniel Berkely
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Printing; Book Arts; Merrymount Press
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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