Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg
by Van Loon, Hendrick Willem
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: New York Times Book Manufacturers' Institute, 1937. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding, 45 pp. Spine sunned, sunning to board edges, chipping to edges of spine (around 1"). Good condition..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004851
- Title
- Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrick Willem
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- New York Times Book Manufacturers' Institute
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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