The Art of the Book and Illustration
by Jan Poortenaar
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A truly wonderful book on books, in fine condition, totally unmarked in a jacket which would be very fine if not for slightly faded and watermarked jacket, which is not price clipped ($7.50). One hundred and twenty-eight pages of illustrations in colors, Phtogravures and half-tones, etc. Some of the illustrations are errata sheets and examples of very fine print work. 182 pages plus a fabulous appendix of approximately 40 leaves, in all types of paper and type styles and fine printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000596
- Title
- The Art of the Book and Illustration
- Author
- Jan Poortenaar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1935
- Pages
- 182
- Keywords
- Books on Books. Fine book and jacket.
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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