American Wood Type 1828-1900
by Kellly, Rob Roy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. Notes on the evolution of decorated and large types. Tells the complete story of wood type (wood as a printing material), development of decorated letters and large letters, and the invention of machinery for mass-producing wood letters. 350 pages, examples of types throughout; DJ edges quite worn. This large heavy book will require extra shipping; please inquire.; 8 1/2 x 12 1/4
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100628
- Title
- American Wood Type 1828-1900
- Author
- Kellly, Rob Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fair dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Books On Books, Type, Printers, NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books;
Terms of Sale
Chequamegon Book Company
Returns accepted on books not as described for full refund including shipping. Returns accepted on not wanted books allowing only for the cost of the book, not shipping. No refunds after 30 days.
About the Seller
Chequamegon Book Company
Biblio member since 2018
Washburn, Wisconsin
About Chequamegon Book Company
Large open shop with over 80,000 books. 40 years in the book business. Scholarly emphasis with especially strong holdings in Native American Studies, Art, Music, History, Natural Science, Math, Poetry and Languages etc. Feel free to contact us with your book wants.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...