London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1950. Second revised edition. Quarto. 58 pp; full of b/w illustrations. Red cloth with orange dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket is lightly soiled & spine is lightly sunned. This is the revised edition, with many new illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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Bookseller: Carnegie Hill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012538
Title: TYPE IN ACTION: A Manual of Elementary Typographic Lay-out
Author: Jones, Herbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: Typography Layout printing Graphic Design
Bookseller catalogs: Graphic Design;

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VG/VG: Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...