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Published by The Wynkyn de Worde Society, London, 1980
First Edition
octavo, brown cloth. (Third Printing) Reprint of the 1967 first edition. octavo, brown cloth. (xii), (148)pp. The Wynkyn de Worde Society, From the Foreword: "The books written on printing ink history are indeed rare in a technical literature that is itself meagre. Those who engaged in ink-making in earlier times, whether for their own use or for others, were not anxious to disclose their secrets, perhaps even only because they were simple, and the results rather of accident than design. The ink-maker was closely associated with the craft of printing, either as part of it, or as a supplier, and the printers were noted for their carefulness in preserving to their own exclusive use the fruits of their experience. Now that printing ink is illuminated by the light of science, the 'dark backward and abysm of time' is even more obscure by contrast, and it appeared likely that before long much of the practice of old times would be irretrievably lost. That such is not now the case is a measure of the debt the industry owes to Mr. Colin Bloy who, at a time when the speed of development in chemical industry keeps the ink-maker looking continuously ahead, has had the courage and has given the time to studying the long and obscure history of the industry: long, because its origins go back to earliest recorded times, and obscure because of the cloak of secrecy in which it was shrouded. The research necessary for such an undertaking is not simply one of examining successive books of a well-documented history; it requires a vast amount of investigation and reading in many subjects, in picking up references to ink written, and printed literature on printing, pigments, machines and varnishes as well as treatises on art, and early scientific papers, not only in English, but many other languages." Illustrated. One inch tear to back panel of original mylar. Fine and clean. (Third Printing) Reprint of the 1967 first edition.
Published by Sandstone Pr, 1980
ISBN 10: 0913720070ISBN 13: 9780913720073
Seller: Michael Knight, Bookseller, Forest Grove, OR, U.S.A.
Book
textbook. Condition: Very Good. 3rd printing, 1980. Hardcover issued without dust-jacket. Brown cloth boards. General wear, but clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home. xii + 147 pages.
Published by Wynkyn De Worde Society/The Sandstone Press, London/New York, 1980
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. First American Edition. Hardcover with clear plastic dust jacket as issued. First Printing. With brown boards and title information to spine in gold.148 pages with recipes, bibliography and index. AS NEW. Not read. All corners pointed. Binding firm and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked and very bright and clean. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
Published by London: Wynkyn de Worde, 1972
Seller: Wissenschaftliches Antiquariat Zorn, Marburg, Germany
Book
XII, 147 Seiten und 12 Tafeln. Gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Dieses Exemplar stammt aus der Bibliothek von Peter Amelung (Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart). // Original hardcover. Clean book in good condition in a dust jacket. Book from a non smoking environment. Sprache: Englisch Original-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag.