JOHN BELL TYPE ITS LOSS AND REDISCOVERY With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen 1788. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.
by ANTHOENSEN, Fred
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Edition limited to 250 copies in red cloth with paper label affixed to upper board, octavo, pp. 20 + [6] + colophon. Frontispiece illustration of Bell. Spine ends with minor shelf bumping. From the 1939 Publication release: "The charm of this little book lies in the fact that it has been set in types cast from the original matrices . . . . The book is No. 8 in a series called 'Keepsakes,' all numbers of which show the skillful hand of Mr. Anthoensen, to whom we are also indebted for a neat bit of historical research." This unique copy from the personal books of Press owner Fred Anthoensen (1882-1969), without identifying marks, but acquired by us from a family member contemporary with Fred in the 1950s and 1960s, now a nonagenarian.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3833
- Title
- JOHN BELL TYPE ITS LOSS AND REDISCOVERY With a Type-facsimile of John Bell's first Type Specimen 1788. Fred Anthoensen's own copy.
- Author
- ANTHOENSEN, Fred
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference; Maine;
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- 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....
- Colophon
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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