William Caslon, 1693-1766

8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 494 pp. VG+/VG-. Light wear to dust jacket with a small closed tear to top of rear panel. Book is in excellent condition. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

Kineton : Roundwood Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxviii, 494, [63] pages (2 folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits (1 color) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Caslon, William 1693-1766. Printing England History. Type… Read more about this item

Kineton: Roundwood Press, 1973. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 494pp. Colour frontis. Illustrated. 1st edition 1973. Includes separate invoice from the publishers, dated 1973. Slight chipping to top edge of d/w. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Kineton : Roundwood Press, 1973. First edition. An extraordinarily detailed and thoroughly-researched account of Caslon's life, achievement and connections - with much also on John Baskerville, William Bowyer, Edward Cookes, Benjamin Green, James Green, Thomas Guy, Saloman Negri, John Watts, etc. Medium 8vo (25cm). xxviii,494,[ii]p. Colour frontispiece. Plates (including folding plates of the specimens). Original cloth gilt; some marking and… Read more about this item

Roundwood Press. Used - Very Good. 1973. 1st Cloth, dj., 494 pp., illus. Dj. rubbed; some age-spotting.. (Subject: Books on Books & Cartography.)

Kineton; The Roundwood Press; 1973.. First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xxviii, 494; colour portrait frontispiece, 68 plates, 14 figures, 11 lists of pedigrees, 3 appendices, bibliography, index, bound in original yellow cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.

UK: The Roundwood Press, 1973. first edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 6 x 9 in. 494 pp. Cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new except for a touch of sunning to edges of boards. Text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; not clipped, a few chips to spine head. Books. Stax.

BALL, Johnson. William Caslon, 1693-1766: The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder. Original cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1973. First edition. Light wear to d/j, else fine.

Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green buckram with gilt tile on a black field, large, thick 8vo., xxviii, 494 pages, illustrated. A clean, very near fine copy in a very good DW with mild edgewear.

Kineton: Roundwood Press, 1973. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xxviii + 494pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., appends., bibliog., indexes,

GB: Roundwood Press (KINETON), 1973. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. DW£8.50. In loose polythene protector. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1600g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW.

Roundwood Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

The Roundwood Press, Kineton 1973. 24.0 x 15.5cms, 494pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This book reviews the English book tradeand its carftsmen, artists, engravers, calligraphers and the terminology of printing & typefounding. It expolain Caslon's technical achievement and the merits of his type-faces.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.