Morgan Press Wood Type
by MORGAN PRESS [ LLOYD & DOUGLAS MORGAN]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Piermont, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hastings-on-Hudson: Morgan Press, N.d. [c. 1970] Morgan's expanded catalog of wood type specimens which, Morgan claims, "represent a complete showing of American wood-type styles from 1826 to the present [1970]." The original catalog published in 1964 had 111 pages of specimens; this edition with 155 pp. Morgan's collection influenced mid-20th century American graphic design and typography. First edition thus; 28 cm; 155 pp.; illustrated from type specimens on colored paper. A very good copy plastic-comb bound stiff wrappers..
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- Bookseller
- Trevian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013316
- Title
- Morgan Press Wood Type
- Author
- MORGAN PRESS [ LLOYD & DOUGLAS MORGAN]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Hastings-on-Hudson: Morgan Press, N.d. [c. 1970]
- Keywords
- Typography Wood Type
- Bookseller catalogs
- Typography;
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- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...