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Gutenberg and the Master of the Playing Cards
by Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. Quarter black cloth over red cloth boards with jacket sleeve and publisher's acetate dustjacket, gilt titles, (11.25 x 8.25 inches). First Edition. 83 pages with General Index and Index of Miniature Playing Cards; color and b&w illustrations of numerous fifteenth-century miniatures and details from the first engraved playing cards. Fold-out Comparative Table included in rear pocket. Provenance: previous owner's stamp of Jon. R. Kelly. Some scattered light page toning at upper edges else a clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005783
- Title
- Gutenberg and the Master of the Playing Cards
- Author
- Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Typography; Printing
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- 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...
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