A Biography of William Caxton. The First English Editor, Printer, Merchant and Translator. EDITOR'S WORKING COPY WITH A.L.s
by DEACON Richard
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Muller,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy. EDITOR'S WORKING COPY, WITH NUMEROUS ANNOTATIONS AND REVISIONS IN A NEAT HAND THROUGHOUT; PAGES 97-98 CUT TO EXCLUDE ONE ILLUSTRATION ('Caxton and his Press from a painting by Vivian Forbes). SOLD WITH TWO A.L.s. FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS EDITOR AUDREY WILLIAMSON (AT FREDERICK MULLER) DISCUSSING WORKS IN PROGRESS (IN PARTICULAR THE AUTHOR'S 'THE HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE SECRET SERViCE' ALSO PUBLISHED BY MULLER IN 1982) AND A RELEVANT CUTTING.
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- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2434
- Title
- A Biography of William Caxton. The First English Editor, Printer, Merchant and Translator. EDITOR'S WORKING COPY WITH A.L.s
- Author
- DEACON Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Muller,
- Date Published
- [1976]
- Keywords
- bibliography, printing, caxton, richard deacon, donald mccormick, bibliography, printing, typography, biography, william, caxton
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