The Hand Press : an essay ...first printed by the author at St.Dominic's Press and now reprinted with facsimile reproductions from the original
by Pepler, H.D.C.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sussex: Ditchling Press 1952 , facsimile edition. hard cover, dust jacket, blue cloth, gilt titling, 58pp including index,errata page 57, frontis piece portrait of the author by Frank Brangwyn, 13 other black and white reproductions from the original, page 58 is also a facsimile of the original, with 1/250 copies and the author's signature, as stated on page 56 of this copy, bookseller's label to front fixed endpaper, a previous owner's bookplate to front free endaper, also a stamp for Blackfrairs Bookroom, loosely inserted internet search result from 2004, foxing and off-setting to endpapers, spine of jacket slightly darkened, with very minor insect damage and slight chipping, now in a clear plastic removable sleeve, book is in excellent condition in very good jacket. No ISBN
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- Bookseller
- Book Fossicker
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24464
- Title
- The Hand Press : an essay ...first printed by the author at St.Dominic's Press and now reprinted with facsimile reproductions from the original
- Author
- Pepler, H.D.C.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sussex: Ditchling Press 1952 , facsimile edition
- Keywords
- books publishing printing facsimiles craft rare
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About the Seller
Book Fossicker
Biblio member since 2017
Clunes, Victoria
About Book Fossicker
After selling from a street address for the past 8 years, we are now based again as an on-line only business. Postal address is now PO Box 81 Clunes Victoria 3370. I am an experienced bookseller, having sold secondhand books for over 30 years in various ways and from various locations, and intend to keep providing the same standard of expertise and knowledge into the future. * PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF POSTAL ADDRESS
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- Chipping
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