The American Printer: A Manual of Typography, Containing Practical Directions for Managing All Departments of a Printing Office, as Well as Complete Instructions for Apprentices; With Several Useful Tables, Numerous Schemes for Imposing Forms in Every...
by MacKellar, Thomas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA, USA: Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1879. Beveled brown (leatherette over cloth?) boards with gilt illustration on front and gilt lettering on spine. Many b&w illustrations. -- Covers edgeworn, substantially rubbed (moreso on back and spine); overlaid leatherette wearing away at edges in spots, especially spine extremities. Front inner hinge cracked but strong; rear inner hinge patched but patch is starting to come off at top. Former owner inscriptions on front and rear matter. Front blank matter especially edgeworn/chipping. Interior tanned, occasional foxing, recurring dampstains, shadowing from clippings. Occasional page edge chipping. Expected to see some markings, but couldn't find any. -- In Fair condition -- plenty of flaws, but still strong, intact, and complete -- highly usable. 383 pp.. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29511
- Title
- The American Printer: A Manual of Typography, Containing Practical Directions for Managing All Departments of a Printing Office, as Well as Complete Instructions for Apprentices; With Several Useful Tables, Numerous Schemes for Imposing Forms in Every...
- Author
- MacKellar, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition
- Publisher
- Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Printing, Printing Presses, Printing Offices, Printing Business, Printers, Printwork, Typographers, Typography, Type
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- Edges
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- Beveled
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- Fair
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cracked
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