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Alphabet and Image: 7 A Quarterly of Typography and Graphic Arts. May 1948.
by Harling, Robert (ed.)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: James Shand. Fair with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers worn and foxed. Paper spine missing. Internally good. A rough reading copy. ; (88) pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 244 x 144mm. Illustrated. Includes advertisements. Typography and book illustration. Contents: "The Engraved Letter-Forms of Reynolds Stone" by Percy Muir; "The Sketchbooks of Claude Lovat Fraser" by Gerard Hopkins; "Watchpapers: A Neglected Conceit" by Roland Knaster; "The Drawings of Robin Jacques" by John Keir Cross; "Some English Decorated Initials" by A. F. Johnson; Book Reviews by Allen Hutt, Graham Reynolds and others. ; 4to .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13070
- Title
- Alphabet and Image: 7 A Quarterly of Typography and Graphic Arts. May 1948.
- Author
- Harling, Robert (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- James Shand
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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