The J.J. Little Book of Types, Specimen Pages and Book Papers with Suggestions on Book Making and a Glossary of Printing and Binding Terms
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1923. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full blind-embossed faux-patinaed leatherette with raised lettering and raised decorations. xvi, 444pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled page edges. Very good. Bit of edgewear and head and tail of spine. Tight, quite nice first edition of this reference work and promotional piece from the noted New York printing firm. Rather uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38167
- Title
- The J.J. Little Book of Types, Specimen Pages and Book Papers with Suggestions on Book Making and a Glossary of Printing and Binding Terms
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.J. Little & Ives Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
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Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.