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The Golden Book. The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking - Past & Present
de McMURTRIE, Douglas C
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Chicago. Pascal Covici, Publisher. 1927. sm4to. 4 cm, first edition limited to two thousand copies, xiv,406p., title-page vignette, frontis, decorated headers & first initials, numerous illustrations including facsimile plates, notes, index, full dark blue cloth, elaborately full gilt decorated on all sides, gilt titles, wide inner dentelles, t.e.g., bookplates removed from front & rear paste-downs endpapers, spine slightly dulled, very good sound copy (bks). ~ Eminent American typeface and graphic designer, Douglas C. McMurtrie (1888-1944) traces the development of bookmaking from the beginning of written records down to the 1920's.
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- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 41238
- Título
- The Golden Book. The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking - Past & Present
- Autor
- McMURTRIE, Douglas C
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- Usado
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- Editorial
- Chicago. Pascal Covici, Publisher. 1927
- Palabras clave
- books on books, printing, typography, caxton, incunabula, morris, book illustration, bookbinding. limited edition
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
