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THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS by Thomas, Isaiah - 1810

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THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS by Thomas, Isaiah - 1810

THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS

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Worcester: From The Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1810. First edition. Minor joint rubbing, minor cover rubbing. Very decent copies with fresh contents. Bookplate. First edition. Two volumes. vi, 7-487p; iv, 5-576p. Illustrated with five engraved plates, two folding. Engraved portrait frontispiece in each volume (not called for). Bound in full contemporary calf with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines ornately gilt with renewed title labels in maroon and black. Thomas, who founded the American Antiquarian Society in 1812, based the History on his long fascination with his trade as well as upon his very extensive library of books and newspapers which he had collected to prepare such a history. Streeter VII: 4176; Howes T168; Grolier American 29; Sabin 95405, Bigmore & Wyman III: 9; Lowndes V: 2666.
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New York: Weathervane Books, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. xxi, 650 pp.,8vo,,Mod. shelf wear, else vg in vg dj (sl sunned, minor soil.), Reprinted from the second edition, originally published in 1874 by Thomas, a printer, newspaperman, and book collector.
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The Imprint Society, Boston, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue-grey cloth. Vg condition. Slipcased; slipcase soiled and soot-stained, still fully intact. Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 650 pp. This edition contains a page of Thomas' first edition (1810) of this title, bound in.
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Barre, MA London: The Imprint Society, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of 1,950 copies. With an original leaf bound in at front from the first edition of Thomas's History of Printing in America (Worcester, 1810). Housed in a very good, labeled slipcase (some minor spotting to top and front panels). .
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New York.: Weathervane., 1975.. Reprint.. Hardcover.. Fine copy.. Octavo.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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