A Chronology of Printing

London: Cassell, 1969. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped (£3.50). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. A chronological compendium of facts that are important to the history of the printed book, its manufacture, design, and distribution. Index has 10,000 entries. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. Enclosed in an envelope laid-in is a review of the book from the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, July 24, 1969. From the dust jacket: "[This book is] a compendium of key facts in the history of all aspects of the art. Clearly in so wide a field, which includes not only the history of the invention of printing, of its practitioners and of its spread throughout Europe and the world, but also of printing machinery, of type foundries, of type design and of letter forms, of chemical processes in printing and of book and newspaper illustration, to mention but some of the topics covered, great care has had to be exercised both in the selection from this mass of material and in its presentation. Every effort has been made to avoid any particular bias either national or to any one aspect of printing or publishing history, and the author's aim has been to provide the widest possible range of information rather than to enter into detailed discussion of any particular topic… an index of over 10,000 references has been provided as a key to this storehouse of solid factual information." . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 228pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.