A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775
by Plomer, H.R. ; Bushnell, G.H. ; Dix, E.R.McC
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine a little browned, unopened, otherwise Very Good
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About This Item
Bibliographical Society, Oxford, first edition, 1932. Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm,. xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2)Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Spine a little browned, unopened, otherwise Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-14221
- Title
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775
- Author
- Plomer, H.R. ; Bushnell, G.H. ; Dix, E.R.McC
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine a little browned, unopened, otherwise Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bibliographical Society, Oxford, first edition, 1932
- Date Published
- 1932
- Pages
- xxi, 432 pp
- Keywords
- 18th century Printers Great Britain Booksellers and bookselling Great Britain Printing history trade directories Plomer, Henry Robert, Bushnell, George Herbert, Dix, E. R. McC & Pollard, Alfred W
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printing History & Typography (Bibliographies);
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Wykeham Books
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About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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