Papermaking: The History & Technique of an Ancient Craft
by Hunter, Dard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Blue cloth, gilt titles, blind embossed decoration to front board, red top edge, in price-clipped dustjacket, (9.25 x 6.5 inches). Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged in both Text and Illustrations. Third printing of the best and most sought after edition. xxiv, 611, [1], xxxvii, [3], pages including Chronology, Bibliography, Notes and Index; folding map, folding plate, 317 in-text illustrations. Provenance: owners stamp of Jon R. Kelly on front fly. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in lightly worn jacket. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005802
- Title
- Papermaking: The History & Technique of an Ancient Craft
- Author
- Hunter, Dard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Papermaking
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
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