The Printer's Composition Matrix: a History of Its Origin and Development (Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book)
by Huss, Richard E
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0938768093
- ISBN 13
- 9780938768098
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1985 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Thus. Quarto. x + 57 pp, introduction, 9 chapters, 8 glossy b&w plates, appendices, afterword, postscript, references, index, colophon. Text with figures, footnotes, Previous owner's name (Richard E. Huss - the author) inscriped on ffep, else clean and unmarked. Brown cloth boards, gilt cover & spine design lettering. Binding tight, pages & cloth near fine. 8" x 10.8" brown cloth boards..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002779
- Title
- The Printer's Composition Matrix: a History of Its Origin and Development (Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book)
- Author
- Huss, Richard E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0938768093
- ISBN 13
- 9780938768098
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Books
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, Delaware
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Typesetting - History of Printing, Type Setting
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Quarto
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- Gilt
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