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Officina Bodoni: The Operation of a Hand-Press During the First Six Years of its Work
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Limited to 500 copies in English, of which this is number 199. The book was also published in German and Italian. This bibliography and history of the press covers the years 1923 to 1929. The first section describes how a book is made at the press and is accompanied by 12 woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is followed by descriptions of the books and occasional publications and a look at the various printer's devices used. The book descriptions are most often accompanied by tipped in facsimiles of pages of the books printed on the hand-press on hand-made paper.The pages of the book are printed in Bodoni's original types on Lafuma rag paper. The book is in near fine condition, except for wear at the head and tail of the spine and some bruising of the text block at the top near the headband. Interior of the book is in fine condition. Schmoller no.32.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Four Rivers Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2527
- Title
- Officina Bodoni: The Operation of a Hand-Press During the First Six Years of its Work
- Illustrator
- Franz Masereel
- Format/Binding
- Cloth bound with press mark in gilt on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Editiones Officinae Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- Paris and New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 80, (2)
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Four Rivers Books, LLC
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All orders are subject to prior sale.
About the Seller
Four Rivers Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2018
Boulder, Colorado
About Four Rivers Books, LLC
Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and a founding member of the Fine Press Book Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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....
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