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New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 603pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear only. Superbly bright and tight first U.S. edition of this substantial, well-regarded survey. A lovely, exceptional copy.

Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, London. 8vo, 603pp. A very good hardback copy without dust jacket. Marked boards. Previous owners' names on ffep.

London, Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, (1953).. 8vo; pp. 603; profusely illustrated throughout, general bibliography, index; original red cloth with title in gilt on spine; wearing to covers, browning to pages, flecking to edges of pages; a good copy.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 13-603; small ding at the top of the front board, some scrapes on spine; a good copy in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. One of the best comprehensive histories of the book in English.

London: Hutchinson's Scientific, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/good. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some shelf wear to extremities of cloth, occasional soiling and water staining to bottom edge. Dust jacket is chipped and worn at the extremities and some of the lettering on the spine is rubbed. Occasional annotations in pencil throughout,… Read more about this item

Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications 1953. Tidy ex-library octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. 603 pages in very good condition. Pages are glossy and clean, with black and white illustrations throughout. Small library stamp on title page. Some small pen markings on the back of the ffep, previous owner's signature on paste-down endpaper. Hinges slightly loose. Sticker residue on back free end-paper. Corners bumped. Texted is lightly faded on… Read more about this item

Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Pub., London: 1953., 1953 603p. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Early forms of writing including: hieroglyphs and papyrus; clay tablets; Greek and Latin book production; and other forms of early book making. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Philosophical Library. Used - Very Good. 1953. Cloth, octavo, 601 pp., illustrated in b&w. Hinges startgin but holding soundly. Some shelf wear to cloth, sunned at spine.Text is clean and bright. Very good.. (Subject: Books on Books.)

New York, Philosophical Library, 1953. Hardcover, 8vo. , 603 pages. First U. S. Edition. Illustrated. , facsimiles. A companion vol. To the author's The alphabet; a key to the history of mankind. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT (S) : Books -- History -- Antiquity and middle ages. A comprehensive history of the book from clay tablet and papyrus books to… Read more about this item

New York, Philosophical Library, 1953-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Red cloth, spine stamped in gilt; numerous b&w illustrations. Trace discoloring to the cloth, text block edges a tad foxed, else a clean, tight copy.

Philosophical Library, 1953. 603 pp., Hardcover, page edges are age-toned else text clean & binding tight (lacks dust jacket). - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. … Read more about this item

New York: Hutchinson's. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardback. Spine Rubbed, Flyleaf Stained .