ACHIEVEMENT: A Treatise on One of the Factors in the Advancement of the Art of Printing, with Examples
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Japan Paper Company, 1920. Octavo. 50 pp; frontispiece. Vellum-backed boards with blind-stamp decoration and gilt titles, edges untrimmed, in slipcase. VG+, light toning to spine & bottom corner lightly bumped; slipcase with one corner rubbed through, else minor edgewear. Printed letterpress on hand-made rag paper. Contains a catalogue of an exhibition held by the American Institute of Graphic Arts at the National Arts Club, NY in 1920. Judges for this exhibition include Goudy, Updike, Goodhue, Ruzicka, Rollins, Rogers, etc., and this volume may be considered a precursor of the catalogues for the yearly "Fifty" Books exhibitions. Bibliographic descriptions are given for each item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012370
- Title
- ACHIEVEMENT: A Treatise on One of the Factors in the Advancement of the Art of Printing, with Examples
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Japan Paper Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Printing Papermaking Publishing Typesetting Small Press Fine Press Rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...