J. H. Mason R. D. I.: A Selection from the Notebooks of a Scholar Printer by His Son John Mason
by Mason, John
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About This Item
Leicester: Twelve By Eight Press, 1961. Graham, Rigby. Octavo. (44)pp. Signed by the author both on the title page and at the end of his essay. Includes brief biographical extracts on Emery Walker, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, and Count Kessler, among others. Bound in pictorial boards showing mild rubs to corners, and with the author's name written in ink on the spine. Very good. Together with a second copy, bound in wrappers matching the hardcover edition, and also signed by Mason at the title page. Also together with a third copy, this with a variant binding of handmade patterned paper over the original pictorial boards, which can be seen at the rubbed points on the edges.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32049
- Title
- J. H. Mason R. D. I.: A Selection from the Notebooks of a Scholar Printer by His Son John Mason
- Author
- Mason, John
- Illustrator
- Graham, Rigby
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Twelve By Eight Press
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- 1961
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- Book Arts; Illustrated Books; Fine Printing;
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Wrappers
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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