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The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
by Johns, Adrian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0226401219
- ISBN 13
- 9780226401218
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. xxi + 753pp., including bibliography and index. Bound in quarter green cloth over green boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine. Illustrated with b/w reproductions. A clean, tight copy in Very Good condition with light wear to green cloth boards; lacking the dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00528660
- Title
- The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
- Author
- Johns, Adrian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226401219
- ISBN 13
- 9780226401218
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Printing Social Aspect Europe Great Britain England History Book Intellectual Life Transmission of Text Science Publishing, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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