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Observations on the MYSTERY OF PRINT and the work of Johann Guttenberg
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover.There is fading on the top edge of the cover and the top 1/4" of the spine. Corners sharp, very little wear. Binding sound. Some discoloring on the pastedown endpapers around the edges. Pages clean and unmarked. No ownership markings. DJ is tanned and has some chipping at head of spine and primarily along the top edge--other that at head of spine the loss is outside the printed areas. DJ in Baylord sleeve. ; Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 48 pages .
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- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17208
- Title
- Observations on the MYSTERY OF PRINT and the work of Johann Guttenberg
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Books & Book Collecting;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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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...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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