Printing For Pleasure: A Practical Guide for Amateurs
by John Ryder
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Phoenix House, London, 1955 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book fine and dustcover good plus. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, 142 pp., illustrations. Book fine (previous owner's attractive bookplate, front pastedown; pages clean, with no marks; binding tight and square). Dustcover good plus (browning of spine and rear panel; modest edgewear; 1/2 inch closed tear and a 1/8 inch chip, lower spine end; price-clipped; still quite attractive). (K053). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4551
- Title
- Printing For Pleasure: A Practical Guide for Amateurs
- Author
- John Ryder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Phoenix House, London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- PRINTING
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About the Seller
Boojum and Snark Books
Biblio member since 2003
Kanab, Utah
About Boojum and Snark Books
General antiquarian and out-of-print books. Specializing in medicine, history of medicine, science, technology and technical books.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.