Type Spacing
by Currier, E. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cloth eroded.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: J. M. Bowles and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cloth eroded.. 1912. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies. A republication of an article by Currier which originally appeared in the August 1910 edition of The Graphic Arts magazine. Printed by Norman T. A. Munder and Company of Baltimore. Inscribed by Munder on the title page "To some good friend of Mr. John Hoyle". Brown cloth spine. Printed paper-covered boards. Printed on cream-colored laid paper. Currier Press printer's mark and initial T on page three drawn by Frederic W. Goudy and printed in orange ink. "...The choicest type face in the world may have its beauty or its legibility nullified by bad spacing. The tools are not superior to the workman." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 19 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49731
- Title
- Type Spacing
- Author
- Currier, E. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cloth eroded.
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Bowles and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Printing, PRINTING History, History Of Printing, TYPE, TYPOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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