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Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
by Lewis, Bernard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. Quarter cloth over blue boards, gilt embossed title on spine, deckle edge, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). xiv, 114 pages with 17 illustrations. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. The second part of the book contains an essay by Goudy entitled "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography." Letter-press printed on Worthy Sterling Laid paper. A clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Tall Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005798
- Title
- Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
- Author
- Lewis, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Tall Octavo
- Keywords
- Typography
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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