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Printed Ephemera. the Changing Uses of Type and Letterforms in English and American Printing
by Lewis, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Ipswich, England: W. S. Cowell. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized cloth. Slight foxing to extremities else tight and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped and mildly tattered to edges. ; quarto .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43169
- Title
- Printed Ephemera. the Changing Uses of Type and Letterforms in English and American Printing
- Author
- Lewis, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. S. Cowell
- Place of Publication
- Ipswich, England
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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