Printing for Pleasure
by Ryder, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0370104439
- ISBN 13
- 9780370104430
- Seller
-
Kraków, Poland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bodley Head Ltd, 1976 12mo (19 cm), 132 pp, 14 pp of plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Printing is one of the most enjoyable and creative hobbies and in the twenty years since its first publication, "Printing for Pleasure" has brought the pleasure of printing to hundreds of people. John Ryder's book is a primer on printing for the amateur, from the choice of press an the purchase of type, paper and ink, to the planning, designing and production of the printed material itself. There is a chapter on the work of the private presses on both sides of the Atlantic - The Little Presses, as they are called - and a full glossary of the printers' terms essential to anyone besoming involved in the world of books and printing." (from the blurb)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006529
- Title
- Printing for Pleasure
- Author
- Ryder, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0370104439
- ISBN 13
- 9780370104430
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
Terms of Sale
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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