Ornamental alphabets and initials
by Harding, Alison
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York : Thames and Hudson (1983), 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy previously owned by Vivian Ridler with his uninked embossed personalised stamp to front free endpaper. Vivian Ridler, CBE (2 October 1913-11 January 2009), ex-Faber executive was also a printer, typographer and scholar in Britain. He was Printer to the University of Oxford at Oxford University Press from 1958 until his retirement in 1978; and also established his own Perpetua Press; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 96 pages; Description: 96 p. : 142 ill. (14 col.) ; 26 cm. Subject: Alphabets. Initials. Decoration and ornament.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219719
- Title
- Ornamental alphabets and initials
- Author
- Harding, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York : Thames and Hudson (1983)
- Date Published
- 1983
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Galway
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