Victorian book design & colour printing
by McLean, Ruari
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 182 pages: illustrations (part color), facsimiles (part color); 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 181-182. Contents: The background -- Whittingham and Pickering -- Novels and gift books up to 1850 -- Colour printing becomes commercial -- The inventions of George Baxter and Charles Knight -- Children's books up to 1850 -- Henry Shaw's coloured books and Chiswick Press colour printing -- Early lithography and Owen Jones -- The 'illuminated' gift book -- Henry Holt Humphreys, author and illustrator -- The advance of chromolithography -- Letterpress printing and yellow-backs -- Joseph Cundall, publishers and book designer -- Books of the 'Sixties' -- Colour printing from wood: Henry Vizetelly and Edmund Evans -- Colour printing from wood: G.C. Leighton, Kronheim, Dickes and Fawcett -- Styles of Victorian publisher's bindings -- The end of an epoch. Subjects: Book design. Color printing. Printing Great Britain History. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317575
- Title
- Victorian book design & colour printing
- Author
- McLean, Ruari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London: Faber & Faber
- Date Published
- 1963
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.