William Caxton: The First English Editor by Deacon, Richard - 1975-01-26

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1976. 198 pages. A biography of translator and printer as well as editor William Caxton is set against the tumultous 15th century in England. Small tears in jacket's bottom edge.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Frederick Muller Ltd, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+/no dust jacket.

London: Muller, 1976. First edition. Book. fine/very good. First edition. Hardcover. 198 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated. Published in the 500th anniversary year of the introduction of printing to England, an examination of the kingdom's first printer William Caxton and his editorial conributions to publishing and the language. Fine in very good. price clipped dust jacket.

London: Muller. Near Fine/VG+. 1976. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 198pp . Vertical crease to front flap DJ, 1/4" tear. .

Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1976-01-01. Stated first edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. 198 clean pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Hardback. Very Good.

Frederick Muller Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First GB Edition. Hardcover. 0584100221 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages .

Frederick Muller, 1976. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used.

London: Muller. A detailed study . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.

Frederick Muller Limited, London, first edition, 1976. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. viii, 198 pp, ills, plans, portraits. From the blurb: "Commemorated in Westminster Abbey by a plaque, widely honoured all over the world yet, despite all his fame, little is known about Caxton's life. William Caxton began his career as an apprentice to a Mercer of the City of London, then went to Bruges where he eventually became Governor of the English Nation in that city, a post which involved looking after the interests of English XXXXXX the sister of Edward IV. Richard Deacon analyses the many prologues and epilogues which Caxton wrote for the various books he printed and from these builds up a picture of Caxton the man. Here and there the printer gives glimpses of his background, his problems, his opinions of his patrons, his early struggles with translating elegant French into English, then a crude and deficient language. 'Caxton introduced many new words into the English language, many of which are current… Read More