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Descriptions of the work of modern private presses in Britain and the United States are included in this illustrated history of amateur printing since Gutenberg's invention
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The Private Press
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # mon0004063112
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The Private Press
Seller: Gate City Books, GREENSBORO, NC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very_good. Used - Very Good: Item may have minor cosmetic defects. Seller Inventory # GCM.3EPR
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The Private Press
Seller: Murphy-Brookfield Books, Iowa City SE, IA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. clean, unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 365381
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The Private Press
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 2 Rev Sub. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP98515758
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The Private Press
Published by
R.R. Bowker Company, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0835216950
ISBN 13: 9780835216951
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Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hard Cover. Second edition, revised and enlarged. "This selective history spans the private press movement from the origin of printing to the most contemporary private presses" (jacket). Fine in brick red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine with illustrations. Bumping to top corners of pages. In very good beige dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panels. Light sunning to spine panel of jacket and light wear to edges. 389 pages. BOB/020323. Seller Inventory # 36341
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The Private Press
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. Cloth/gilt. Points faintly softened, tiny bump to bottom edge else unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Seller Inventory # 28714
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The Private Press
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Quarto. An orange cloth hardcover book with the title printed in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a beige dust jacket with the title printed in red down the spine. The free and pasted end pages are a heavy beige paper. Pages: (13), xiv-xvi, (3), 4-389. Contains 181 black-and-white illustrations. Contents are as follows: The origins of the private press -- The quasi-official or patron's press -- The scholarly press -- The press as an educational toy -- The aristocratic plaything -- Private printing and the bibliomania -- The author as publisher -- Clandestine presses I : moral -- Clandestine presses II : Immoral -- Printing for pleasure : the growth of a middle-class hobby -- Printing as one of the fine arts : William Morris and the Kelmscott Press -- After Kelmscott : the fine press in Britain -- Morris in America -- Fine printing on the Continent -- Between the wars in Britain I : the great presses -- Between the wars in Britain II : backwaters and tributaries -- Between the wars in the U.S.A. -- World War II and the aftermath in Britain -- The contemporary scene in Britain -- The United States today -- Canadian private presses -- Fine printing Down Under -- School and teaching presses -- Early presses and their types -- Morris and after -- After 1918 -- The contemporary scene. Near fine. Hardly any touches of shelf wear. Seller Inventory # 210813
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THE PRIVATE PRESS.
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NY (1971), 1983
ISBN 10: 0835216950
ISBN 13: 9780835216951
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
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. Illus, 10 x 7", cloth, 376 w/index, v.g. in edge-worn & torn dw. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Seller Inventory # 83-487
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The Private Press
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003479522
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The Private Press
Published by
R. R. Bowker Company January 1983, 1983
ISBN 10: 0835216950
ISBN 13: 9780835216951
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Seller Inventory # 282876