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The elements of letterpress printing composing and proof-reading. A practical manual for Indian artisans
by By T. Fisher
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Madras: Published by Higginbotham & Co, Mount Road, 1895 Book. Fair. Hardcover. viii, 308 pages. Pages lightly browned throughout. In the original cloth covered boards and leather spine. The spine is very worn. The boards are damp stained as are the end papers and pastedowns - clearly affected by damp at some point in the past. A light musty smell to the volume. Dent to the fore edge of the text block affecting the edges of pages 170-300. Light browning to pages throughout. Ink inscription to the front free end paper - To dear Dorothy from her father Thos Fisher.
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012322
- Title
- The elements of letterpress printing composing and proof-reading. A practical manual for Indian artisans
- Author
- By T. Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Published by Higginbotham & Co, Mount Road
- Place of Publication
- Madras
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography, books and printing;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stephen Rench
Biblio member since 2012
Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
About Stephen Rench
I have a wide variety of antiquarian and secondhand books for sale. Visitors to my office are welcome but please contact me first to make an appointment.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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