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The Roundwood Press, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1550grams, ISBN:0900093137
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William Caslon, 1693-1766: The ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder Hardcover - 1973
by Ball, Johnson
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- Title William Caslon, 1693-1766: The ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder
- Author Ball, Johnson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages xxviii, 494 pp, many plates, ill
- Publisher Roundwood Press, Kineton
- Date 1973
- ISBN 9780900093135
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William Caslon, Master of Letters
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Kineton: The Roundwood Press. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. 0900093137 . xxviii +494pp, illustarted, bound in light brown cloth covers with dustwrapper , sl foxing to closed page edges; Large octavo; 522 pages .
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William Caslon, 1693-1766 The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder
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William Caslon 1693 - 1766 Man of Letters The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder
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Roundwood, 1973. A large, heavy book of 484pp. Illustrated dustjacket with a portion of loss to the front edge, in a removeable protective plastic jacket. Colour frontispiece and b + w illustrations. A couple of tiny spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise internally very clean. The life and work of the celebrated type-cutter - Caslon type was used for the Declaration of Independence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.
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William Caslon, 1693-1766 : The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder
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Roundwood Press, Kineton, first edition, 1973. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xxviii, 494 pp, many plates, ills, facs. From the blurb: "Dr Johnson Ball's extensive researches into the background of England's most distinguished letter-founder have produced this definitive biography of the craftsman whose work marked an epoch in English printing. This is the first book to trace Caslon's ancestry. It records his birth at Halesowen, Worcestershire, his apprenticeship and his movements in London when he made tools for book-binders and silversmiths and engraved gun-locks for the Ordnance Office, before he became a letter-cutter of such superlative merit as to write his name imperishably in typographical annals. Ten pedigrees illustrate Caslon's connections. His master, Edward Cookes, was uncle to Shenstone the poet and to Caslon's first wife. Caslon's relations, the artists James, Amos and Benjamin Green of Halesowen link him with Baskerville in Birmingham and Edward Rowe Mores, the…
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Roundwood Press, Kineton, first edition, 1973. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xxviii, 494 pp, many plates, ills, facs. From the blurb: "Dr Johnson Ball's extensive researches into the background of England's most distinguished letter-founder have produced this definitive biography of the craftsman whose work marked an epoch in English printing. This is the first book to trace Caslon's ancestry. It records his birth at Halesowen, Worcestershire, his apprenticeship and his movements in London when he made tools for book-binders and silversmiths and engraved gun-locks for the Ordnance Office, before he became a letter-cutter of such superlative merit as to write his name imperishably in typographical annals. Ten pedigrees illustrate Caslon's connections. His master, Edward Cookes, was uncle to Shenstone the poet and to Caslon's first wife. Caslon's relations, the artists James, Amos and Benjamin Green of Halesowen link him with Baskerville in Birmingham and Edward Rowe Mores, the…
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8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 494 pp. VG+/VG-. Light wear to dust jacket with a small closed tear to top of rear panel. Book is in excellent condition. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
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William Caslon, 1693-1766 : The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder
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Roundwood Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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William Caslon, 1693-1766: The ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder
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Roundwood Press. Used - Very Good. 1973. 1st Cloth, dj., 494 pp., illus. Dj. rubbed; some age-spotting.. (Subject: Books on Books & Cartography.)
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