The case for legibility / John Ryder
by Ryder, John (1917-2001)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0370301587
- ISBN 13
- 9780370301587
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : The Bodley Head, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : 77 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes : ""Set in Monotype Ehrhardt metal letters, repro-proofed and printed together with the illustrations by offset lithography at the Stellar Press. The text paper, Vintage Esparto Cartridge, is made by East Lancashire Paper Mill and supplied by A.H. James & Co. Ltd. The book has been bound by Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co. Ltd in Dover cloth supplied by Grange Fibre Co. Ltd.""--Colophon. Subjects : Book design. Legibility (Printing)Printing. Book design. Type and type-founding. Specimen books. Legibility (Printing). Book design.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 379337
- Title
- The case for legibility / John Ryder
- Author
- Ryder, John (1917-2001)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370301587
- ISBN 13
- 9780370301587
- Publisher
- London : The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
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