The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward by Carter, Thomas Francis - 1931

NY: Columbia University Press. Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings, boards worn, boards . and text waterstained at head of spine.. 1931. Revised Edition. Hardcover. xxvi, 282pp. Many photos, illustrations, fold-outs. Dark brown cloth binding. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY:: Ronald Press Company,. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Revised by L. Carrington Goodrich. Second edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket. .

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. Revised edition (first published 1925), 8vo, pp. xxvi, [2], 282; large folding table printed in colors showing the evolution of paper and printing and their spread westward, folding map, numerous illustrations on plates and in the text; page ix-x with tear in fore-margin affecting text but with neat repair and some text in facsimile; all else near fine copy but without the dust jacket.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1931. "Revised Edition" with additions/corrections (preferred edition with a 6-page preface by Douglas C. McMurtrie on Carter that is NOT in the 1925 or 1955 edition, and with illustrations NOT in the 1955 edition). This 1931 edition has 40 plates (compared to only 32 in the 1955 edition). It also includes the 9 inch by 42 inch fold-out chart in colors that is NOT included in the 1955 edition. A very important book in the study of printing history. There are 24 chapters in four major sections as follows: 1) The Background of Printing in China (invention of paper; the use of seals; etc.); 2) Block Printing in China; 3) The Westward Course of Block Printing; 4) Printing with Movable Type (Invention in China; Wide Use of Movable Type in Korea; The Pedigree of Gutenberg's invention). List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original… Read More

CARTER, Thomas Francis. The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward. 8vo., orig. cloth. N.Y.: Columbia Univ. Press, 1925. First edition. 40 plates.

NY: Columbia University. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1931. Revised Edition. Hardcover. DJ is browning at the edges, with a small tape reinforcement at the top rear of the spine. ; 9"; 282 pages .

Columbia University Press, 2020. Hardcover. New. 9.29x6.38x1.06 inches.