THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA: with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers
by Thomas, Isaiah
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876360096
- ISBN 13
- 9780876360095
- Seller
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About This Item
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. Stout octavo. xxi, 650 pp; index. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in cream slipcase with paper label. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, slipcase VG+, top & bottom lightly soiled, else unmarked. #758 of 1950 copies signed by the editor, Marcus A. McCorison. Printed by the Stinehour Press.. Signed. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012657
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA: with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers
- Author
- Thomas, Isaiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876360096
- ISBN 13
- 9780876360095
- Publisher
- Imprint Society
- Place of Publication
- Barre, MA
- Date Published
- 1970
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