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Printing Presses: History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times
by Moran, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good +
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, [1973]. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Large 8vo. 264 pp. Bound in full green cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine, top edge stained red, illustrated endpapers, in cream dust jacket printed in black and red. Black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good+, previous owner's bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, fading to staining on top edge, small faint stain to rear cover, light scuffing to front cover, binding tight and square, internally clean, in Very Good+ dust jacket with light crease to head of spine, minor wear to extremities. Attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003996
- Title
- Printing Presses
- Author
- Moran, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- [1973]
Terms of Sale
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Garnet Books
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Newark, New Jersey
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- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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