What a Buisness Man Should Know About Printing and Bookmaking: A Book for Ready Reference
by Conkey, W. B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: W. B. Conkey Company, 1922. BI2 - A tight, clean, sound copy in library rebound green cloth covered boards with white lettering on the spine with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some light yellowing of the paper plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, perforation, and label on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges (marked out with large green marker), title page, copyright page, and back free endpaper plus there is some glue staining and paper residue on the back fixed endpaper. A book about the technology, technical issues, metholology, and normal operating procedures of printing and binding based on the history of the W. B. Conkey Company. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Indexed, 214p.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW09021
- Title
- What a Buisness Man Should Know About Printing and Bookmaking: A Book for Ready Reference
- Author
- Conkey, W. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- W. B. Conkey Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Printing Technology Business W B Conkey Company Printer Printers Printing Binder Binders Bindery Binding Organization Equipment Facilities Style Punctuation Quotations Abbreviations Figures Italics Writer Writers Writing Copyright C
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business; Technical & Engineering; Business / Business History; Technical & Engineering / History of Technology; Books on Books / Printers & Publishers;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- 12mo
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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