The Book the Story Of Printing & Bookmaking

NEW YORK: COVICI FRIEDE , 1937 Navy Blue Buckram Boards with gilt blocked titles, 250 x 180 mm approx, xxx + 676 pp + colophon. Profusely illustrated with facsimilies of wood blocks, engravings, title pages, printer's marks, embellished lettering etc as expected. First Edition 1937 signed by the author in blue ink to the front free end paper.… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1943-12-31. 3rd Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 9x7x2. London, 1943; 3rd revised edition; blue cloth covered boards; mild spine edge wear; yellow and blue jacket with corners and spine edges chipped with pieces missing, corners of flaps clipped and housed in a gaylord cover; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; end papers toned;… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1948. hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket and edges shows shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.

New York: Covici Friede. Very Good. 1937. Hardcover. 676 pages, previous owner bookplate, blue boards with gilt stamping to spine, page edges are just slightly foxed, otherwise contents are clean and bright, a very good copy in a slightly chipped dj .

4to, illustrated, 676 pp. Lacking DJ, hinges just a little weak, normal aging, some binding wear; overall about very good. This is an inscribed copy by the author to Gustvo Jensen. Richly illustrated of the history of bookmaking.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Gilt lettering on blue cloth covered boards. Tall 8vo, 676pp. Third revised edition. Prior owner's name on first free end paper.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1943. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on blue buckram covered boards. Tall 8vo, 676pp.

London, Bracken, 1989.. xxx+676pp. Large 8vo. Illustations. Original cloth,in dustwrapper, a near fine copy.

Oxford University Press, 1943-12-31. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Oxford: Oxford U. P., 1948. 2nd printing.. Nice copy. large octavo. orig. cloth xxx + 676pp., b/w ills., bibligs., index,

Book. Good. Binding see description. London, 1938. xxx,676pp. Numerous illustrations. Index. Bibliography. Cloth. (small tear in top of spine). (Ex-library copy). 0.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Tenth edition. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. Tenth edition. 1 vols. Thick 8vo.

New York: Dorset Press Book. VG. Hardcover. (1989), xxx, 676pp, index, bibliography, illustrated. Very light wear, else VG+ in VG+ DJ. From the DJ: "THE BOOK tells the story of how books came into being and of those earliest books that were written and illustrated by hand. It tells of the invention of printing and of how that invention made… Read more about this item

London: Bracken Books, 1971. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint.. xxx + 676pp; Illustrated throughout; Spine of d/w sunned else a bright and tight copy; This is a heavy item;.