Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press by Twyman, Michael

Bookpress Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (As Issued). Octavo. 374pp including bibliography and index. Illustrated throughout with numerous black & white photo reproductions. Hardcover; brown cloth, with titles and illustration stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Light rubbing to the corners, a a couple small spots to the cloth, else a Very Good copy.

Bookpress Ltd, 1990-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x7x1. London, 1990; brown cloth covered boards with gold cover titles and spine titles; light wear to boards; 4to, 9 3/4" to 12" tall; no jacket; pencil markings on half title page, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked. 374 pages. Additional shipping charges may be requested.

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Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, London, first edition, 1990. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 26 cm,. 374 pp, ills. From the introduction: "This book is about books produced by lithography in Europe in the age of the hand press. The period it covers corresponds roughly with the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the hand press continued to be used for lithography long after this, even on a commercial basis, I have allowed myself some chronological licence. To my knowledge very little of any consequence has been published about such books by those who wrote on lithographic subjects at the time, and nothing at all since then. This book's main aim, therefore, is to introduce a little-known area of book design and production; but I hope that it will also contribute to our understanding of the overall picture of printing and publishing history." Contents include: Introduction; Lithographic incunables; Military manuals: the presses at Chatham and Metz ; The… Read More

Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, 1990 4to (26 cm), 374 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and the front cover (spine sunned, edges slightly foxed). "This book is about books produced by lithography in Europe in the age of the hand press. The period it covers corresponds roughly with the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the hand press continued to be used for lithography long after this, even on a commercial basis, I have allowed myself some chronological licence. To my knowledge very little of any consequence has been published about such books by those who wrote on lithographic subjects at the time, and nothing at all since then. This book's main aim, therefore, is to introduce a little-known area of book design and production; but I hope that it will also contribute to our understanding of the overall picture of printing and publishing history." (from the Introduction.) The catalogue includes over 400 items.

Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, London, first edition, 1990. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 26 cm,. 374 pp, ills. From the introduction: "This book is about books produced by lithography in Europe in the age of the hand press. The period it covers corresponds roughly with the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the hand press continued to be used for lithography long after this, even on a commercial basis, I have allowed myself some chronological licence. To my knowledge very little of any consequence has been published about such books by those who wrote on lithographic subjects at the time, and nothing at all since then. This book's main aim, therefore, is to introduce a little-known area of book design and production; but I hope that it will also contribute to our understanding of the overall picture of printing and publishing history." Contents include: Introduction; Lithographic incunables; Military manuals: the presses at Chatham and Metz ; The… Read More

Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, London, first edition, 1990. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 26 cm,. 374 pp, ills. From the introduction: "This book is about books produced by lithography in Europe in the age of the hand press. The period it covers corresponds roughly with the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the hand press continued to be used for lithography long after this, even on a commercial basis, I have allowed myself some chronological licence. To my knowledge very little of any consequence has been published about such books by those who wrote on lithographic subjects at the time, and nothing at all since then. This book's main aim, therefore, is to introduce a little-known area of book design and production; but I hope that it will also contribute to our understanding of the overall picture of printing and publishing history." Contents include: Introduction; Lithographic incunables; Military manuals: the presses at Chatham and Metz ; The… Read More

Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association. London and Pinner. 1990. First edition. No DW. 4to. 374pp. Very well illustrated. original brown buckram gilt. Spine faded o/w a lovely copy. ISBN: 1850830177

Farrand Press, 1990-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.7971 in x 25.1809 in x 19.3853 in. Farrand Press 1990 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, in box.