American Printer: A Manual of Typography
by Mackelar, Thomas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Item Price
A$69.93A$55.95
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About This Item
Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1871. Sixth edition; cover rubbed/soiled/lightly bumped, corners bumped/very rubbed, spine lightly sunned, spine ends bumped/chipped/quite rubbed, backstrip has several small tears (<0.25 inch) to both ends; edges quite age-toned/lightly soiled/very lightly foxed, top edge is notebly darker, possibly due to faded publisher stain; endpapers lightly soiled/lightly rubbed, front pastedown has inscription written in pencil, flyleaves lightly soiled, front flyleaf has inscription written in pencil, gutter cracked between title page and frontispiece, very ocasional and non- intrusive soiling sprinkled thoughout text block; binding otherwise tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted.. hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 620036
- Title
- American Printer: A Manual of Typography
- Author
- Mackelar, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan
- Date Published
- 1871
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Munster & Company, LLC
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Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.