Early Printed Books to the end of the Sixteenth Century. A Bibliography of Bibliographies by Besterman, Theodore

New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1969. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, bluish green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior is clean with only the slight edge bumping of the lower outside corner. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. The book has the appearance that it was hardly used, if any. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no remainder marks, no handwriting found. There is a small brown spot on the top exterior page edge near the spine. This small spot might be nothing more than where a small dab of glue sat and darkened the page edge.

Rowman & Littlefield, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. ***please read*** no marks on text - cover is in great condition - my shelf location 9-D-14*

New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1969. Brand New in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1969. 2nd edition, revised and much enlarged. 2,389 entries, many annotated. 5 indexes. Bound in the original gilt-stamped greenish-blue cloth. From the Preface to this Second Edition: "[T]he text has been revised and completed throughout, and brought up to date, the whole better arranged and indexed. It should be emphasised that this is not a bibliography of writings on printing, but only of bibliographies dealing specifically with the period to 1600/1640 -- not that it is always easy to distinguish between, say, a general monograph on a printer and a descriptive list of his productions… I have persisted in the practice introduced in my WORLD… Read More

New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1969. Second edition revised and much enlarged, 8vo, pp. 344; fine in original blue-green cloth. 2389 entries, indexes.

Minor rubbing, slight corner bump, VG. History of Printing Rowman & Littlefield New York 1969 2nd edtn. orig.cloth 24x15cm, 344 pp, A small tear to the top of one page margin. "Second Edition. Revised & Much Enlarged".