Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering: A Source Book of the Best Letter Forms of Past and Present for Sign Painters, Graphic Artisits, Commerical Artists, Typographers, Printers, Sculptors, Architects, and Schools of Art and Design
by Tschichold, Jan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0278923054
- ISBN 13
- 9780278923058
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Reinhold. Used - Very Good. First. 1966. Hardcover. Quarto, 236 pp., profusely illustrated.Minor bumping to head and tail of spine; gilt faded along spine. Very Good. No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S31956
- Title
- Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering: A Source Book of the Best Letter Forms of Past and Present for Sign Painters, Graphic Artisits, Commerical Artists, Typographers, Printers, Sculptors, Architects, and Schools of Art and Design
- Author
- Tschichold, Jan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0278923054
- ISBN 13
- 9780278923058
- Publisher
- New York: Reinhold
- Place of Publication
- 877
- This edition first published
- 1966
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- Tail
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