Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1948 A well preserved and quite rare book on typography. Hardback folio sized volume, with no jacket. Good art paper used for the text block, so there is no foxing, although the page edges are a little tanned. Handsome and characteristic design for the front cover is stylishly blind embossed on the red cloth boards. Spine has a black panel with gilt titling on it. A small red stamp on the front end paper has the name of an English advertising agency on it. Numerous examples of type usage and faces, and the whole publiction celebrates the tools and paraphernalia of type long before the digital age. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

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Bookseller's Inventory #: ABE-1290158490
Title: Type For Books and Advertising
Author: Eugene M. Ettenberg
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Edition.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Company, New York
Date Published: 1948

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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...
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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....
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New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....