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Some Facts Concerning the Invention of Printing the Five-Hundreth Anniversary of Which Will be Celebrated Internationally in 1940 by McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 1318
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen,
- Place: Chicago:
- Date published: 1939
- Pages: 42 pp
Description
Chicago: : Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, , 1939. First edition. Lrg. 8vo, . original printed wraps, wraps a little faded, else very good. Limited to 1500 copies. A Brief history of movable type and printing.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
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