THE HOUSE OF ENSCHEDE 1703-1953: I- Seven Generations of Printers and Typefounders, II- A Short History of the Firm, III- A Six-Century Anthology of the Types
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Haarlem: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. lxi + 147 p. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Red and gold spotted paper binding on hard boards, black lettering on spine and cover on paper labels. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spine, spine faded, edges of text block lightly yellowed, top edge of text block lightly foxed, ffep. & rfep. lightly tanned, pages clean, binding tight.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2557
- Title
- THE HOUSE OF ENSCHEDE 1703-1953
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Joh. Enschede en Zonen
- Place of Publication
- Haarlem
- Date Published
- 1953
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....