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The Printer & the Pardoner
by Paul Needham
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Printer & The Pardoner, An Unrecorded Indulgence Printed by Willam Caxton for the Hospial of St. Mary Rounceval. 101 pages, rare reproduction of William Caxton's work and printing detail, along with the church, printing and social history, concise history of England's first printer, illustartions of printing as well as fold out example. Book is Fine in never read condition, green cloth with gilt titles on front board and on spine. Jacket is Fine and protected in mylar cover, not a blemish. Near Mint example of this intereting work. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000252
- Title
- The Printer & the Pardoner
- Author
- Paul Needham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Library of Congress
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- William Caxron, Printing, St. Mary Rounceval
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Near Mint
- a synonym for Near Fine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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