WILLIAM BULMER AND THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS: A Biography of William Bulmer from A Dictionary of Printers and Printing by C. H. Timperley, London, 1839 / with an Introductory Note on the Bulmer-Martin Types by Laurance B. Siegfried
by (Bulmer, William). Timperley, C. H.; Siegfried, Laurance B
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About This Item
[Syracuse, NY]: Syracuse University Press, (1957).. (1957).. Fine. - 12mo [7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a pictorial tan & white label mounted on the front cover, in a glassine dust wrapper printed in gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed & the glassine is more heavily rubbed. Half-title, title, 34 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with wood engravings in black, brown & white by John de Pol. The contents are fine. <p>Published in observance of the bicentennial of William Bulmer's birth, 1757-1957.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Title
- WILLIAM BULMER AND THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS: A Biography of William Bulmer from A Dictionary of Printers and Printing by C. H. Timperley, London, 1839 / with an Introductory Note on the Bulmer-Martin Types by Laurance B. Siegfried
- Author
- (Bulmer, William). Timperley, C. H.; Siegfried, Laurance B
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Syracuse, NY]: Syracuse University Press, (1957).
- Date Published
- (1957).
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; TYPOGRAPHY; PRESS; PRINTER; TYPOGRAPHER; WILLIAM BULMER; SHAKESPEARE PRESS; BIOGRAPHY; C. H. TIMPERLEY; BULMER-MARTIN TYPES; LAURANCE B. SIEGFRIED; BICENTENNIAL; ILLUSTRATOR; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; JOHN DE POL.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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