Book, The Tapa dura - 1989

Bracken Books 1989. (5580) HEAVY hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 676 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in brown boards with gilt lettering on black cloth spine, in a fine d.w. with slight fading to spine - shelf exposure. Ex shop stock - UNREAD BOOK. ISBN: 1-85170-326-8.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bracken Books, London, 1989 reprint of 1943 third edition. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxx, 676 pp, numerous illustrations. An excellent and highly readable general history of printing and everything to do with the making of a book, by an acknowledged expert. Extensively illustrated. From the blurb: "Mr. McMurtrie's approach to his subject is historical. The Book covers the origin of writing and of the alphabet; the beginnings of printing in the Far East; writing materials; the genesis and early history of paper; books in manuscript and their scribes and illustrators; the European invention of printing and its dissemination; type design and its development; book illustration and decoration; bookbinding and the work of celebrated binders; the work of eminent printers, such as Jenson, Aldus, Plantin, Baskerville, Didot, Bodoni, Benjamin Franklin, William Morris, and their more recent successors; the private presses; and finally, contemporary book designing, typography, and illustration,… Leer más

STUDIO EDNS.. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Bracken Books, London, 1989 reprint of 1943 third edition. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxx, 676 pp, numerous illustrations. An excellent and highly readable general history of printing and everything to do with the making of a book, by an acknowledged expert. Extensively illustrated. From the blurb: "Mr. McMurtrie's approach to his subject is historical. The Book covers the origin of writing and of the alphabet; the beginnings of printing in the Far East; writing materials; the genesis and early history of paper; books in manuscript and their scribes and illustrators; the European invention of printing and its dissemination; type design and its development; book illustration and decoration; bookbinding and the work of celebrated binders; the work of eminent printers, such as Jenson, Aldus, Plantin, Baskerville, Didot, Bodoni, Benjamin Franklin, William Morris, and their more recent successors; the private presses; and finally, contemporary book designing, typography, and illustration,… Leer más