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New York: Barnes & Noble. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. B&W Plates on glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; 4th edition, revised. Snugly bound and very neat in original title lettered dust jacket. Tiny red ink dot top corner of front flyleaf; book otherwise fresh and unmarked. Dust jacket with just mild shelf evidence to edges and trace shelf soiling to surfaces. NF/VG .

London, England: Ernets Benn Limited. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is the student's Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears and spots of ground-in dirt. There is an inked number on the bottom front flap corner. "Stanley Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was an influential British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past. From the 1920s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design. His strong aesthetic sense was a force within the company, which starting shortly before his joining became increasingly known for commissioning… Leer más

London, Ernest Benn Limited, (1960). . New Edition; 8vo; pp. 254, 191 pages of b/w photographic plates, index; original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, marks to dustjacket, bookplate, otherwise a very good copy.

London: Ernest Benn, 1960. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 254 pp., illus. Fourth revised and reset Students Edition. Dustjacket has half-inch closed tear near spine, small ink mark on spine, otherwise a very crisp clean copy.

Barnes & Noble, 1960. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Barnes & Noble, 1960. 254 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Books on Books::Collecting Books 7070 7070

254 pages.
Cloth to the top of the spine a little worn, two very small marks to the lower board. End-papers with very minor foxing. Text and plates clean and unmarked.
With a 39-page historical introduction by Stanley Morison.
The plates have examples of the typography of 15th century Italy; 16th century Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and the Low Countries; 17th century France; 18th century France, Spain, Italy, England; 19th-20th century France, Switzerland, England, USA, Germany and Holland. There is also an index of printers and craftsmen.

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Ernets Benn Limited. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 4th revised edition. Owner's name on front free endpage. Minor adhesion on top page edges. (printing, type, type-founding)