The romance of the printing type and of the men who in its creation and use have become famous: Wynkyn de Worde, assistant, friend & successor of William Caxton, England's first printer
by Jones, George W
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About This Item
Birmingham: City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1936. Booklet of 16 pages sewn into yapped card covers. Octavo. pp. [2], title page, [1], 3-(11), colophon, [2]. 1 b&w and 3 coloured illustrations, from woodcuts in the collection of the author, within the text. (Other coloured elements are a device on the title page and the first three lines of the text). Printed by students in the Letterpress Machine classes at the City of Birmingham School of Printing, under the direction of Leonard Jay. Good. Text tanned at the edges. Cover has some wear along its edges and in its corners. Both faces a bit grubby in places; slight off-setting to the back.
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- Alex Richardson
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1740
- Title
- The romance of the printing type and of the men who in its creation and use have become famous: Wynkyn de Worde, assistant, friend & successor of William Caxton, England's first printer
- Author
- Jones, George W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- City of Birmingham School of Printing
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Small, Little, Private, Press, Printing, English
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Alex Richardson
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
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