A Short History of the Printed Word
by Chappell, Warren
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394445341
- ISBN 13
- 9780394445342
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1970. xviii, 244, xv pages, illustrations, facsimiles; 25 cm. Topstained orange. A New York Times Book. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "The earliest formuation of the letters of the alphabet to recent developments in twentieth-century graphic technology, are made clear through a lucid and lively narrive interspersed with more than 200 pertinent illustrations . . . Here is the evolution of the printing press . the great printers and the art of the inspired typographers . and always the interaction between printing and the society and culture in which it grew is underlined" - Publisher. CONTENTS: Prologue to discovery; The Alphabet; Type: cutting and casting; The Incunabula: 1440-1500; The Sixteenth century; The Seventeenth century; The Eighteenth century; The Nineteenth century; The Twentieth century: 1900-1940; The Twentieth century: after 1940.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116268
- Title
- A Short History of the Printed Word
- Author
- Chappell, Warren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0394445341
- ISBN 13
- 9780394445342
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Media / Printmaking; Illustrated Books; Design / Graphic;
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