Type for books and advertising
by Ettenberg, Eugene M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York, D. Van Nostrand company, inc, 1947. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Vivian Ridler with personalized bookplate to front pastedown. Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber executive was also a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 160 pages; Description: 160 p. illus. 31 cm. Subject: Type and type-founding. Printing -- History. Printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219919
- Title
- Type for books and advertising
- Author
- Ettenberg, Eugene M
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, D. Van Nostrand company, inc
- Date Published
- 1947
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...