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New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1972. Later printing. Cloth. Fine. Later printing. xx, 485 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black spine titles. A crisp clean uncirculated copy. Cloth. "This treatise was written for and published by the Grolier Club of the city of New York in February, 1901. Three hundred and twenty-five copies only were printed, not for public sale, but exclusively for the members of that club. In that edition, specially prepared for book lovers, the practical side of title-page making was curtly treated. To make this edition for printers' use more acceptable, the part on practice has been re-written and provided with illustrations and comments thereon that do not appear in the cllub copies....." (from the Preface).
A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES with Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books. [Series title at head of title page:] The Practice of Typography by De Vinne, Theodore Low - 1914
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A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES with Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books. [Series title at head of title page:] The Practice of Typography
by De Vinne, Theodore Low
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New York: Oswald Pub. Co., [printed by The De Vinne Press], 1914. xx, 485 pages; title page is a cancel. Original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. [19.3 cm.] Spine sunned and with light rubbing to ends; a little soiling to rear cover; still very good. From the library of Charles Harold Lauck, Sr. (1896-1975) with his signature on the front pastedown. [Lauck was the founder of the Journalism Laboratory Press at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and its director from 1932 to 1962. The Press was noteworthy for its publication of limited-edition books and pamphlets concerning bibliography, printing history, and graphic arts education. In addition to his work at Washington and Lee, Lauck was an active member of the National Graphic Arts Education Association and the International Graphic Arts Association and served as president of the latter in 1939-1940.] Third edition, being a reprint of the first of 1902, which was itself a revised and expanded version of the author's Title-Pages as Seen by a Printer (Grollier Club, 1901).�
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A Treatise on Title-Pages: The Practice of Typography : With Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books
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New York: Haskell House Pub Ltd, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo.485 pages. Red cloth, no dust jacket.
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The Practice of Typography; a Treatise on Title-Pages, With Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books
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The Practice of Typography: A Treatise on Title-Pages, With Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books (1902)
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A Treatise on Title-Pages.: With numerous illustrations in facsimile and some observations on the early and recent printing of books.
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xx, 485 pages, with numerous full-page and in-text black and white illustrations.Cloth worn and badly scuffed to the lower edge of the top board. Very minor loss of cloth to the corners. Internally clean and unmarked.
Text in 3 parts: Historical, Practical and Critical covering a wide range of points including the Colophon, Titles in Black-Letter, Ornamented titles, the Modern Title-Page, About Blanks Leading and Spacing, the Chap-Book, Kelmscott Typography, French Title-Pages, etc.
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A Treatise on Title Pages. with numerous Illustrations in Facsimile & observations on early & recent printing of Books
by De Vinne, Theodore Low
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New York: Century, 1902. spine rubbed top and bottom corners bumped, very good . black & white. New York: spine rubbed top and bottom corners bumped, very good 1902
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The Practice of Typography: a Treatise on Title-Pages with Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books
by De Vinne, Theodore Low
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New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. Fine. 1972. Hardcover. 0838309356 . An edition in Fine condition with very little wear to the page edges ; De Vinne, and Others is a classic book on typography. The text is written by Edward Johnston and the illustrations are by De Vinne. The book covers the history of typography, the different types of typefaces, how to design a title page, and more.; 8vo; 485 pages .
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The Practice of Typography; A Treatise on Title-Pages, with Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books
by De Vinne, Theodore Low
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New York: The Century Co, 1902. Signed and Inscribed by the Author. Hardcover. Good+ (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; title card on spine is scuffed and has a small chip; textblock edges are lightly toned/scuffed/smudged; ifc has bookplate of former owner; interior is lightly toned but very clean; binding is solid.). Brown boards with red mounted title card on the spine, with gilt lettering; top-edge textblock gilt; 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xx, 485 pp.; illustrations (including facsimile). This book contains a tipped-in slip of paper, inscribed to Frederick Keppel, founder of famous print shop, Frederick Keppel & Co.and numbered "134" in pencil at the bottom, which may be an indication of the number of copies De Vinne had signed up to then. The bookplate is from his son, David Keppel's, personal library.
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A Treatise on Title-Pages. The Practice of Typography. With Numerous Illustrations in Facimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books
by De Vinne, Theodore Low [DeVinne]
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New York: The Century Co., 1902. First edition 1902, with gift notation signed by the author [Theo. L. De Vinne] to Mr. Wm. H. Williams tipped onto the front free endpaper. Brown cloth with red spine label, 485 pages. Minimal rubbing to extremities, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with no other name or markings.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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