Printing in Privacy: A REview of Recent Activity Among American Private Presses
by Bahr, Leonard F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA: Adagio Press, 1960. BE1 - This pamplet has been library rebound between stiff boards. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan wraps between stiff green boards with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of a very light bump at the top right corner plus there is a patch of label staining (0.75"x2") on the front board plus there are the usual library marks front and labels on the front and back surfaces of the front stiff board cover, front and back original covers, and pages 3 and 23 plus there is some paper residue on the back original cover plus there is a large patch of glue staining on the inside surface of the back stiff board cover plus there is some creasing along the front and back original covers' spine edges plus there is some very light edge wear and yellowing of the stiff board outer covers. A survey of American private press activity as of 1960. This is one of 550 copies that were produced during the summer of 1960 from type set by hand and printed a page at a time on a 10x15 Chandler and Price press. 24p.. Stappled Spine Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW08818
- Title
- Printing in Privacy: A REview of Recent Activity Among American Private Presses
- Author
- Bahr, Leonard F
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adagio Press
- Place of Publication
- Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Printing History Private Printer Private Printers Private Press Private Presses History American America United States US USA U.S. U.S.A. Centaur Press New York City San Francisco Bay Area Grace Hoper Press Private Press Haywoods Me
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- Books on Books; Books on Books / Printing & Typesetting; Books on Books / Printers & Publishers;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelf Wear
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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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