Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints (Penn State Series in the History of the Book)
by Nipps, Karen
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0271055715
- ISBN 13
- 9780271055718
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Penn State University Press, 2013. NEW copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Little known today, Lydia Bailey was a leading printer in Philadelphia for decades. Her career began in 1808 - when her husband, Robert, died, leaving her with the family business to manage - and ended in 1861, when she retired at the age of eighty-two. During her career, she operated a shop that at its height had more than forty employees, acted as city printer for over thirty years, and produced almost a thousand imprints bearing her name.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints (Penn State Series in the History of the Book)
- Author
- Nipps, Karen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0271055715
- ISBN 13
- 9780271055718
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
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