Specimen Faces: Linotype Composition--Borders, Rules and Dashes
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- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Walter B. Davis Linotyper, 1909. Cloth. Very Good. The 1909 1st edition of this catalogue of specimen faces. Tight and VG in its light-blue cloth, with lightly-rubbed silver-lettering to the front panel, fully-rubbed lettering along the spine and light soiling to the panels. 12mo, 146 pgs., internally very clean, with virtually no rubbing or markings of any kind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11538
- Title
- Specimen Faces: Linotype Composition--Borders, Rules and Dashes
- Author
- -
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter B. Davis Linotyper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- rare book design, rare printmaking, rare typography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Design;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...