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Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
de Lewis, Bernard
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. Quarter cloth over blue boards, gilt embossed title on spine, deckle edge, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). xiv, 114 pages with 17 illustrations. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. The second part of the book contains an essay by Goudy entitled "The Ethics and Aesthetics of Type and Typography." Letter-press printed on Worthy Sterling Laid paper. A clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Tall Octavo.
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- Librería
- Books & Bidders
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 005798
- Título
- Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
- Autor
- Lewis, Bernard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Lugar de publicación
- Pittsburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1941
- Tamaño
- Tall Octavo
- Palabras clave
- Typography
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- 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...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
