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Authors' & printers' dictionary : a guide for authors, editors, printers, correctors of the press, compositors, and typists. With full list of abbreviations. An attempt to codify the best typographical practices of the present day / by F. Howard Collins
by Collins, F. Howard (Frederick Howard) (1857-1910)
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About This Item
London : Oxford University Press, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Near fine cloth copy in a poor and somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Hinges starting. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 407 p. ; 17 cm. Notes: Ninth edition - Fifteenth impression, revised. Title on spine: Authors' and printers' dictionary. Subjects: Proofreading. English language Orthography and spelling. English language Syllabication. Abbreviations. Authorship ; Handbooks, manuals, etc. Authorship Dictionaries
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- Title
- Authors' & printers' dictionary : a guide for authors, editors, printers, correctors of the press, compositors, and typists. With full list of abbreviations. An attempt to codify the best typographical practices of the present day / by F. Howard Collins
- Author
- Collins, F. Howard (Frederick Howard) (1857-1910)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- London : Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1953
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