Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
by Lewis, Bernard
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo. Frontis., 113 pp., illus. No jacket as issued. The American Institute of Graphics Arts Keepsake No. 68. One of 600 copies out of a total edition of 1600. Keepsake notice loosely inserted. Issued by the Department of Printing at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and produced as a student project in 1940-41.Biography of Goudy with a reprint of his address entitled The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography". Some light edgewear and scuffing else a very nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12584
- Title
- Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
- Author
- Lewis, Bernard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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