Methods of Book Design: The Practice of an Industrial Craft
by Williamson, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1956 Ex-Library. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xiv, 430 pp, list of b&w illustrations (76 textual figures,11 plates and a numberous type examples), 24 chapters, appendices A-E, acknowledgments, index and glossary. Rebound Ex Library with all the usual markings, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown buckram..
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Details
- Seller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003094
- Title
- Methods of Book Design: The Practice of an Industrial Craft
- Author
- Williamson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING BOOK MAKING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Large 8vo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Buckram
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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- Fine
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