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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Foreword by Kim Chewon, Director, National Museum of Korea. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First edition, a limited edition of 300 copies, 95 of which (copies I-XCV) are the Primary Edition, the remaining are numbered 96 through 300. This is copy #167. It contains eleven original tipped-in specimens printed from movable type, dating from 1604 to 1858, and eleven facsimile specimen pages of movable type dating between 1420 and 1858. Regarded as tour de force of cultural and printing history. It not only portrays the development of movable type in Korea before Gutenberg but also serves as a catalog of movable type technology on the Korean peninsula over a period of over 400 years. Folio. The patterned yellow paper covering the boards was made by Kim Dong-kyu, the only man in the Republic of Korea who still worked at the craft at the time of publication. The traditional blocks used to create the paper are now… Read More

Los Angeles 1966, Dawson's. White cloth over boards, folio, 31 x 43 cm., NEW copy,10 original & 14 facsimiles of movable type & paper specimens tipped-in,cloth slipcase, dustjacket. * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF ONLY 300 COPIES * ** FIRST AND ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 300 COPIES ** . *** THE EDITION: There were two variants to the FIRST & ONLY EDITION of three hundred numbered copies in all: . PRIMARY EDITION: An edition numbered from I to XCV, remaining copies numbered 96-300. Because the amount of original specimens were exceptionally limited as the book was produced, many of the copies have a unique count of original vs. facsimile specimens. . In an effort to make each copy complete, facsimiles were inserted to fill in where originals were deplete. . Please carefully read each description to understand how each copy varied and for the actual count of originals vs. facsimiles specimens. . IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all copies will have a complete set of originals due… Read More

Los Angeles 1966, Dawson's. White cloth over boards, folio, a NEW copy, 11 original and 11 facsimile of movable type and papers specimens tipped-in, cloth slipcase, dustjacket. * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF ONLY 300 COPIES * ** FIRST AND ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 300 COPIES ** . *** THE EDITION: There were two variants to the FIRST & ONLY EDITION of three hundred numbered copies in all: . PRIMARY EDITION: An edition numbered from I to XCV, remaining copies numbered 96-300. Because the amount of original specimens were exceptionally limited as the book was produced, many of the copies have a unique count of original vs. facsimile specimens. . In an effort to make each copy complete, facsimiles were inserted to fill in where originals were deplete. . Please carefully read each description to understand how each copy varied and for the actual count of originals vs. facsimiles specimens. . IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all copies will have a complete set of originals due to the… Read More