Printing for Pleasure
by Ryder, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Phoenix House, 1955. Lovely little edition of Printing for Pleasure: A Practical Guide for Amateurs, with a foreword by Sir Francis Meynell, two-colored title page and many very nice illustrations, some also in two colors. Binding of black cloth with gilt title on spine; paper cover in good condition, save for slight tear at top of spine & minimal staining; original price clipped. Inside pages very clean and bright.. 1st Edition, Limited to 500 Copies. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30727
- Title
- Printing for Pleasure
- Author
- Ryder, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Limited to 500 Copies
- Publisher
- Phoenix House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Printing; Books on Books
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...