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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: no dust jacket present. This hardcover edition is bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. The book is in good condition, showing minor signs of wear consistent with age. There is no dust jacket. The binding is intact, and the pages are clean and unmarked. This copy is not an ex-library edition and does not contain any inscriptions or signatures.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 1800 copies. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. Bookplate of distinguished bookseller William Wreden (1910-1995) on the front free endpaper. It is imprinted "From the Bibliographical Library of William Wreden." His renowned bibliographical library was sold at Swann Galleries in New York in a two-day sale in 1990. In memory of his continued support of their Libraries, Stanford University awards the Byra J. and William P. Wreden Prize for Collecting Books and Materials. Very Good condition. Hinges are perfect. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked, with almost NO foxing. 1938. First Edition. Limited to 1800 copies. Nearly 200 illustrations including 96 full page plates. Designed by Carl Purrington Rollins. Title page printed in red and black. Among the contributors are A. F. Johnson, Ruth Grannis, Philip Hofer, R. W. Chapman, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, and Dard Hunter. Said to be the best history of the book. Includes: THE HERITAGE OF THE MANUSCRIPT by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt; THE INVENTION OF PRINTINGby Otto W. Fuhrmann; THE SPREAD OF PRINTING IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY by Erich von Rath, translated by Aileen Calderwood; THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY by A. F. Johnson; THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY by Margaret Bingham Stillwell; THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by Lawrence C. Wroth; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by Peter Beilenson; MODERN FINE PRINTINGby Ruth Shepard Granniss; A BRIEF AND GENERAL DISCOURSE ON TYPE by Carl Purington Rollins; THE HISTORY OF THE PRINTING PRESS by Davis T. Pottinger; PAPERMAKING by Dard Hunter; THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK by R. W. Chapman; THE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS by Philip Hofer; AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF BOOKBINDIN by William H. McCarthy, Jr.; THE LITERATURE OF PRINTING by George Parker Winship. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 12.25" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. LEC Bibliography #S-4. First Edition, Limited 1800 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 522pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…